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Hi Rick.
Why wouldn't you know which reg failed? If you
have a bank of regs in a row, and you have a valve shutoff in front
of each ones mouthpiece, then a freeflow or
water leak would come out of valve number 1, 2, 3,
4, etc. You should be able to tell by feeling which reg was freeflowing air and
shut it off and
the one leaking water would be even easier to
isolate. This is assuming that your regs are all seperately routed thru the hull
and not hooked
up to one large tube which then enters the hull.
Are you routing the regs all seperately thru the hull or attaching the regs to
one large tube that
will then penetrate the hull? If it is one large
tube, then you are correct in that you wouldn't know which reg failed.
Also I am wondering what provision
you are making for a protective flange cover over
the regs outside the hull in case they ever hit an obstruction in order to
protect them from breaking
which could then cause flooding of your hull until
you closed the ball shutoff valves.Actually if the body of the reg was broken
off by an obstruction
underwater, then the mouthpiece end with its
attached shutoff valve would just fall onto the floor and you would have an
open hole with water pouring in.
That is of course assuming you are piercing the
hull seperately with each reg. I know basically what and how you are doing the
regs Rick, but not sure
if they will be seperate hull
penetrations or attached to an exterior manifold which then will make only
one hull penetration.
Bill Akins.
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