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| Originally Posted by Simon A On the course to building my own breather I have a couple of questions
1) This is KISS specific. In the brochure pictures it appears that the KISS valve comes over the RIGHT shoulder, is this correct?
2) On my Draeger Ray loop with the DSV in my mouth the gas flows right to left accross the mouthpiece. Am I right in assuming that the Inspiration flows the other way? Which way does the KISS flow across the DSV?
3) is the accepted convention for O2 and Diluent tanks? O2 Cylinder on the Right hand side of the unit and Diluent cylinder on the left hand side of the unit?
Thanks for any help you can give with these questions.
Simon A |
The newer classic KISS valve comes over the right shoulder. Yes.
The older models had the KISS valve over the left. The flow of gas is now the same as the Inspiration. Scrubbed gas flows over the left shoulder and exhaled gas over the right shoulder into the canister.
As per conventions (to the best of my knowledge) Gordon reversed the flow of the KISS after recommendations that the flow follow the "standarized" conventions of high gas on the right side etc.
Ken