Re: New From VDH (Universal back plate with vintage spirit)
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:20 pm
Well, there has been many accounts of using the new back plate with HPR Phoenix. That's a great combination and it works very well. The other day I picked up a few regs from Bernie Blooms widow that he used raising the Alvin Clark. That's a whole 'nother story.
One of these regs was a Dacor Diving Lung. I've owned 4 of these over the years and they just aren't very good regs. I put some clean USD hoses on this one and tried it one the bench. Not bad.... Hmmmm. I disassembled the reg and cleaned it up. Upon reassembly, I tried again. Back to typical Dial A Death standards. Undaunted, I tweaked this and that and came up with a reg that breathed half way decent. Not a Mistral mind you, but it would hold it's own with a DA Navy.
So, I'm thinking with the new back plate that will keep the reg in the perfect position, this might work. I mounted the back plate and my Trek wing on a 72 and dove wet in the balmy 42 degree Lake Michigan waters today. The dive was only about 20 minutes, but the Dacor with USD hoses acquitted itself admirably. Could I over breath it? Yes. Under "normal" conditions however, it worked just fine operating at a depth at around 35 feet.
If the back plate can make this Dacor Diving Lung Rock, it can do most anything!
Jim
One of these regs was a Dacor Diving Lung. I've owned 4 of these over the years and they just aren't very good regs. I put some clean USD hoses on this one and tried it one the bench. Not bad.... Hmmmm. I disassembled the reg and cleaned it up. Upon reassembly, I tried again. Back to typical Dial A Death standards. Undaunted, I tweaked this and that and came up with a reg that breathed half way decent. Not a Mistral mind you, but it would hold it's own with a DA Navy.
So, I'm thinking with the new back plate that will keep the reg in the perfect position, this might work. I mounted the back plate and my Trek wing on a 72 and dove wet in the balmy 42 degree Lake Michigan waters today. The dive was only about 20 minutes, but the Dacor with USD hoses acquitted itself admirably. Could I over breath it? Yes. Under "normal" conditions however, it worked just fine operating at a depth at around 35 feet.
If the back plate can make this Dacor Diving Lung Rock, it can do most anything!
Jim