Manual rEvo III
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* At the end of the dive: always keep the mouthpiece in your mouth and your diving
mask on, until you are entirely on dry land: always pay attention that the HUD's green
LED's are burning! If you have to remove the mouthpiece at the surface, take care
that the mouthpiece is ALWAYS closed before it is removed! If the mouthpiece is
removed in the water at the surface and it is left open, the water pressure will
immediately force all the gas from the counterlungs out, as a result of which the diver
will lose buoyancy and may sink.
* Once on dry land: remove the mouthpiece, close the valves of the cylinders, and
take the rebreather off your back.
4.5: Maintenance between several dives on the same day:
* Remove the breathing hose assembly and rinse it with cold or lukewarm water: to
do this, close the mouthpiece and pour water into the inhale side (black connector).
Let the water leak out. Never use high pressure or very hot water: this will damage
the ' mushroom-valves' or membranes in the mouthpiece.
* If the scubbers are not at their end still can give some output, take both scrubbers
out of the rebreather and put them in a double plastic bag or an airtight container.
* Rinse the moisture-absorber with fresh water, squeeze all the water out and let it
dry, leave the rebreather open to dry, either standing up or laying on its front with the
lid side up, (place the carrying frame of the cells out of the inhale lung, so that the
inhale lung can dry out too).
* Clearly write down your used scrubber time.
4.6: Maintenance at the end of the day:
* Close the valves of the cylinders.
* Pay attention that the rebreather is completely closed, including the mouthpiece,
and rinse the rebreather thoroughly on the outside with fresh water. Inflate the wing
by half. Pay attention to rinse all components, the regulators and the inflator buttons.
It is also adviced to push the manual addition buttons for oxygen and diluent a few
times while spraying water on them, in order to remove any salt and dirt that may
have accumulated.
* Turn the rebreather flat on its front and remove the cover: in order not to lose the
fixing screw, put it back on the wire grip!
* If you still have remaingin scrubber time, take both scrubbers out of the rebreather
and put them in a double plastic bag or an airtight container. Never store the
scrubbers in a warm place or in direct sunlight, they may dry out completely and
become unusable.
* Take both the cell mounting and ADV-fixing out of the scrubber holders and lay
them aside, on the cylinders. Remove the moister-pads, squeeze them and rinse them
in fresh water. Pour fresh water in both of the lungs of the rebreather and shake the
rebreather a number of times, (the breathing hose is still connected and the
mouthpiece is closed). Leave the water for 5 minutes in the rebreather, then pour it
out, by removing the breathing hose and inclining the rebreather top-down so that the
water flows out. Now let the lungs dry. Do not stock the rebreather in direct sunlight
for longer periods: this can shorten the lifetime of some of its components.
* Rinse the breathing hose assembly with cold or lukewarm water: close the
mouthpiece and pour water into the inhale side. Let the water leak out.
* It is recommended to disinfect the rebreather (both the lungs and the breathing
hose) after 5 consequetive diving days. To do so, only use a product that is allowed at
