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Thanks for sharing bro, my question is, what if we will just buy a scuba tank regulator valve, will it not fit directly to the eztinguisher tank's tread? There are cheap scuba tank valvea dor only $15 dollars.
Most threads will be a common size/taper. You will just have to figure out how to adapt from one to the other using diffrwnt adaptors and couplers. I spent about an hour in front of the pipe fittings section at home depot before I settled on this set up.
I love the idea but this is incredibly dangerous. For anyone considering doing this.... don't use this in open water and be aware of inhaling previously contained chemicals into your lungs.
Take an inflated balloon from the surface Underwater then up again! Now go to the bottom Fill a balloon with oxygen and see what happens when you surface( That is your lungs)
I dont know what that means Len, could you provide some calculations or reference? I would love to know the time/depth relationship to improve my next build. Thanks!
Thanks len! I didn't realize you consume more air the deeper you go. I figured I would need a bigger tank to go deeper and stay down longer. Thanks for explaining the maths, huge help.
@@redneckryan Normal SCUBA tanks are rated for 232 BAR (3365 PSI). A first stage regulator (the big metal thing with the joke connection) reduce this pressure to an intermediate pressure (usually around 10 bar) then this secondary pressure is routed to the second stage (that fits in your mounth). To breath underwater you need a lot of air, even with 232 bar of pressure, a single 12 liters cylinder don't last for long (usually less than 1 hour). BTW... the air consumption of the human body never change with the deep.... but the density of the air increase with the deep (so the air runs out faster!).
Try to build something without an high pressure compressor (and cylinder also) is basically not feasible unless you use a surface air supply system (nothing more than a portable standard pressure compressor floating at surface and connected to the regulator using a long hose)
My god man, letting children play with that thing is insane. The risks are massive. If the valve gives and the 2nd stage regulator decompresses explosively or freeflows uncontrollably someones lungs could burst or suffer major cranial damage. You bought a regulator at a goodwill, no mention of any service to the regulator before you used it. I wouldn't even use that rig to inflate my BCD let alone breathe out of it. Some of those fire extinguisher tanks are coated inside, they use monoammonium phosphate powder which is NOT safe to breathe. BE safe, save everyone, get rid of that thing ASAP. Your trusting your childrens lives to a used $20.00 regulator that has not been properly serviced.
Bro wtf I have breathed from a firefighter tank and now my throat is sore and my lungs feel weird. I stoped immediately when I noticed a weird taist I’m my mouth. How do I clean it?!
That's comparable to one of the "spare air" tanks. A normal air compressor isn't going to get above 200psi so you're well within the safety limits of your hardware. The "professional" divers are worried about this system because the air tanks they use are 3000psi and connecting the mouth piece regulator directly to one of those tanks would certainly cause catastrophic failure. This is just not going to happen with the system you've built simply because your air compressor doesn't go that high. Even with a better compressor as long as you know the pressure limits of your regulator you'll be perfectly fine.
@@redneckryan True but it's easier to get over confident when you can actually breathe under water. Your body's warning system is a bit delayed and you can wind up quite a bit deeper under than you would've been otherwise.
This could reach up to 3000 psi if he added first stage regulator, not just directly connecting the 2nd stage regulator to the cylinder. $10 welding regulator will do the work.
As soon as someone dies you’ll change it.... glad you are so flippant with peoples lives. But hey you are cavalier enough to use a fire extinguisher with obvious signs of having being filled with noxious fire retardants as a scuba tank. You have no respect for your own health and safety so why give a toss about other people’s.
Also whilst the bottle you have didn’t have noxious chemicals in it many fire extinguishers do and so it’s quite likely someone following this could do themselves some major damage. There’s a reason why there are so many regulations regarding scuba tanks.
Anybody commenting this is a good idea are just waiting for this person's death. Everything about this is horrifying!!! Obviously, there is no understanding of lung expansion!!( If you hold your breath above water, your lungs will Maintain an internal pressure) If you dive down two metres Take a breath of oxygen from a tank. If you hold that breath and start to assent Your lungs dramatically expand causing rupture please keep this in mind(DO NOT HOLD YOUR BREATH USING A TANK UNDERWATER!!!!AND ASEND ( Your lungs will RUPTURE)
Thanks for the PSA bmacadoody. It's called pulmonary barotrauma. It is unlikely your lungs will actually explode, but it is always good to understand the risks in everything we do. Safety is ultimately the responsibility of the individual, as Mike Rowe would say, SAFETY THIRD.
@@redneckryan Yes, your right unless you only are going to use it on your bathtub! Otherwise you are going to be bullied everywhere you go diving with pro divers!
