How do I seal of a bladder on a Hollis SMS100

[UTscuba]

Hi I have a dual bladder Hollis SMS100 sidemount BCD which I picked up in a store sale.

It's a great BCD but having the second bladder is overkill for most of the diving I'm doing at present. I want to rig it with the inflator on the hip, not on the shoulder, but the second inflator hose gets in the way.

Where can I get a cap to (temporarily) seal off the the bladder if I remove one of the hoses, I've been to a couple of my local shops without any success and I can't even find the correct word to describe what I'm looking for on google.

Thanks in advance if anyone's got any advice.

 

[rongoodman]

Can you just replace the hose with an OPV? (It doesn't look like the generic ones from DGX will work, though.)


Hollis Over Pressure (OP) Pull Dump Valve

 

[-JD-]

Swap both hoses to the hip positions and just seccure the redundant one to the underside of the wing?

 

[James79]

If you are talking about replacing the elbow with a plug, 2mm craft foam is airtight. Just use the ring from the elbow to hold the foam disc in place. Or pm me some pics with measurements and I can make a plug with foam seal to be held by the elbow ring.

 

[UTscuba]

Can you just replace the hose with an OPV? (It doesn't look like the generic ones from DGX will work, though.)


Hollis Over Pressure (OP) Pull Dump Valve

thanks, that's plan B, I just didn't want to spend $20 on what should be a buck at most for a simple cap

 

[UTscuba]

Swap both hoses to the hip positions and just seccure the redundant one to the underside of the wing?

that'd also work, but I'm looking to streamline and minimize snag hazards, thanks though

 

[UTscuba]

If you are talking about replacing the elbow with a plug, 2mm craft foam is airtight. Just use the ring from the elbow to hold the foam disc in place. Or pm me some pics with measurements and I can make a plug with foam seal to be held by the elbow ring.

genius!!

 

[James79]

genius!!

My one one good idea for year.... Only January and I'm tapped out!

 

[UTscuba]

My one one good idea for year.... Only January and I'm tapped out!

I'll be in touch in 2021 with more questions

 

[-JD-]

@UTscuba Maybe I can return the favor, I found this: Plug for wing inflator/OPV opening - Subgravity

And they are in Draper. I don't know how close that is to you, but maybe you can swing by and check fit.