Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:36 pm
I will have to post a pic of it soon. I am liking this regulator. The hose routing will be a bit funky but, it is a CONSHELF!!!!!!!!!!! So who cares. It is the Supreme model. Not sure this baby is all that old but it does have only the three LP ports. Now using the other Conshelf second I go from Tom (it was on a a Mares first) I have a complete Conshelf rig (two seconds, one first) for the first time in many years.
I actually got another one with it, a first and two more seconds. Guess I will have to do an Ebay sale after Christmas. And a bunch of other stuff too. So, back on topic, I hooked it up to a tank and the IP just kept climbing until it hit about 155 and the regulator started bleeding off. I figured those old black face seats were the problem so much as I hated it I pulled the guts out of it. The seat does not look even used (which it isn't since it is NIB) but it does not seal. I got a blue face seat but have not gotten back to installing it. Guess I will need to visit the vdh store for some silicone grease for the environmental seal. I hate to pull it apart since it is brand new, dang it. But those black face HP seats just never worked for me. Do not hold my mouth right or something, oops, gotta get going. Sunlight is burning.
edit, 12/23, I removed the black HP seat and installed the new HP seat and no joy, IP went right on to 180 and then bled off. Messed with it some more and then decided, to put yet another set of new O ring and back up in the crown, nope, still no good. Frustrated, installed a crown block I had from my spares and now it is rock solid at 135 psi. Since this is a Supreme and I plan to use it perhaps in February for a dive on the Kimberling Bridge, I will set it back to spec for the Supreme at 125 psi. Or maybe not, it breaths better at 135 psi which is spec for the standard (non-Supreme).
Hmm, now I seem to have three sets, a first and two seconds for each plus assorted other stuff. Went from Conshelf poor to Conshelf too many. I think to keep just the one NIB with the Conshelf XIV second I got from Captain at SD IX.
James