mgdive
Guest
Is there a DIR guideline regarding the position of the isolator valve on a doubles rig, or is the primary concern the ability to reach and operate the valve?
Having thin stretchy arms, I prefer the valve pointed down along the tanks instead of the seemingly customary location of angling it upward and forward. Somehow I feel it is more protected there, and I can operate it without problem.
This also happens to be the position whereby the manifold is least stressed and rotates most easily when the doubles are assembled with no gas. Since I could reach it in that position, I left it there.
Thoughts?
Having thin stretchy arms, I prefer the valve pointed down along the tanks instead of the seemingly customary location of angling it upward and forward. Somehow I feel it is more protected there, and I can operate it without problem.
This also happens to be the position whereby the manifold is least stressed and rotates most easily when the doubles are assembled with no gas. Since I could reach it in that position, I left it there.
Thoughts?