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Regulators and Cylinders: Discuss Upside down in the Dive Kit and Equipment forums: Last night in the pool, I gave inverting my cylinders a try. (And I mean IN the pool - I took ...

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Old 14-06-02, 08:37 AM
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Last night in the pool, I gave inverting my cylinders a try.
(And I mean IN the pool - I took the backplate & wing off the cylinders underwater and turned them round )
Nice & easy to reach the valves & do shutdowns, but try as I might, I couldn't reach the manifold to isolate, even with the wing deflated.
Do people just not bother with an isolator on inverts, or is there a knack?
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point the isolator round the other way so its pointing to your arse.
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shall I take some pics of how I did it?
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I wondered about that.. but since I can't reach the manifold either, I can't see how I could reach the isolator..
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can you change the position of the cylinders so that they are higher on your bakc?
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Good point... they WERE rather low down.. I'll give it a try with the bands in the right place.
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Is the isolator issue (i.e. not being able to reach) what a 'Slob Knob' is for?
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in short, yes.  a slob knob is basically an extension from the isolator.
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With your twins now inverted can you complete a full isolation and shutdown routine?

If so, I'm just wondering how you can get your arms around that HUGE arse of yours  :biggrin:

Seriously tho.. can you? cos that was my only concern with inverting.... 'Reaching the central isolation knob'
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yeah, dead easy.
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