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And that’s the reason why we sent our staff to a respected SCUBA Engineer school here in Australia and to Bauer’s Training facility to become a Full Service Technician. Here at Go Diving, we only trust one brand – Bauer. Go Diving’s BAUER Full Service Maintenance and Restoration So it is best to first ask the prescribed filling pressure as SCBAs and scuba tanks have a different pressure rating. But you have to remember that SCBAs has a lightweight material and has a specified optimum pressure capacity. The process of filling SCBA is similar in filling up a SCUBA tank. So, the trick here for your compressor is the use of a DIN conversion adapter. Most SCBA has a DIN valve configuration while most compressors are configured to fill yoke valves commonly used in scuba tanks. Vertical CompressorsĪlthough SCUBA and SCBA are closely related, filling them requires some configuration. But the Capitano and Mariner are sturdy and heavy that making them a mobile compressor is not recommended and usually runs on electric motor.
There are larger versions of the portable compressors, like the Bauer Capitano (4.9 cfm or 140 lpm) and Bauer Mariner (from 7 to 11.3 cfm or 200 to 320 lpm) that can fill 2 to 4 tanks simultaneously. Usually, portable compressors will fill scuba tanks one at a time. tank at 30 and 20 minutes respectively from empty to 3,000 psi. Just remember, before you turn on the compressor running in gasoline motor, position it in the right orientation so as the gas fumes from the gasoline motor will not come in contact with the intake filter.įamous brands and models for a portable compressor are Bauer Junior II (operating at 3.5 cfm or 100 lpm) and Bauer Oceanus (4.9 cfm or 140 lpm) where they can fill a standard 80 cu.ft.
But if you want total freedom, gasoline motor is the perfect configuration where you can use it even in isolated areas. The good thing with using an electric motor is you eliminated the possibility of producing gas fumes like a gasoline motor does. You can either run it using an electric or gasoline motor. This 3 stage compressor can be configured to suit your needs.
Producing high pressure fresh air, portable compressors will give you the liberty to fill scuba tanks anywhere, anytime.
Photo courtesy from Bauerĭesigned for mobility, portable compressors are small and easy to handle. Each type of compressor addresses a specific mode of operation that suits your need. There are several types of high pressure breathing air compressor currently available in the market. Types of High Pressure Breathing Air Compressor While there are other types of high pressure compressor, you have to take note that the ones we use in filling scuba tanks uses special oil that produces fresh air fit for human breathing. Thus, sturdy containers (like the scuba tank) that can keep high air pressure was born, and so does portable breathing air compressor systems. This eventually became the official logo in one of the world’s many certifying dive agencies – the Association of Diving School International (ADSI).Īside from the small container that can only store a tiny amount of air, exhaling to a sealed canister also delivers carbon gases which is dangerous to our health.
It is believed that the first sealed container that stored air was a dried animal skin stitched together. Would you believe that the first portable breathing air compressor system to fill a sealed container were not machines, but rather, the lungs of a human being? Yes, during the old days, men blew air from their lungs to a sealed container which they can use in a later time, such as when they want to go underwater.