PhilD once bubbled...
I'm good at confusing myself, so I shouldn't be suprised if I confuse others too
Yes, I have the pony mounted on a Quick Draw bracket on my main tank. I have the primary reg coming off the main tank and the octo coming off the pony, nothing else. This is what my LDS recommended, even though I wanted to keep the octo on the main tank and have a seperate octo on the pony, which is most probably what I will end up doing, I think.
What I'm trying to do right now is get everything right, so I don't end up continually changing things. This is what I am thinking of doing; changing the hose on my primary reg to a 5', I have a spare R290 octo which I was thinking would become the octo off the main tank on a short hose, the pony octo hose is 40", (I thought it was 36", but just measured it and it is 40").
Nearly all my diving is OW ocean diving and I have no plans for any overhead environment stuff.
Hope that makes more sense.
Your LDS is stupid. You may quote me on that
Your idea of changing your system to a long hose and necklaced second (in this configuration it is no longer and "octo") is good. You still have a problem with the hard-mounted pony and what to do with the hose so the system is usable. What happens if you forget to turn on the pony and try to use it? Where is that third reg going to be?
Get the sucker off your backgas and sling it.
Your LDS is stupid. Oh, I already said that.
MD