by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
de Homebuild X-ray MCCR by Alexey Konovalov “X-Ray” Rebreather Project“ With the development of the diving devices “Atlantis”, “Dolphin” and “Ray”, the Dräger company produced a series of legendary semi-closed...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
de Homebuild redundant submarine in-and exit Kiss style rebreather After the oxydrant built for the Euronaut submarine, Stefan Tietze built the Exive rebreather. This article explores the considerations, design choices and testing. The article was previously published...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
rs Arak M83 conversion to MCCR Rajko from Serbia sent me interesting information about the conversion of his Arak M83 ‘Drina’. He converted this former yugoslavian-origin oxygen rebreather into a manually operated closed circuit rebreather. Read below the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Database Oxygen Rebreathers, Homebuilders
Frank build his mCCR Dolphin and improved it during three years! I have builded myDolphin mCCR in about 3 Years and now i think its finished! This Unit has the Name “Dark Side Dolphin” Release 4.5 I dive this Unit in the German Lakes and in...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Tomas Stas from Poland build all parts for his MCCR Tomos sent me pictures of his self-built rebreather. The use of everyday parts and bringing them together into a manually operated electronic rebreather is a true piece of art! While studying the pictures some...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Mike Wescombe-Down build a very nice closed circuit manual operated Dräger RAY rebreather! Mike Wescombe-Down build a very nice closed circuit manual operated …………………….RAY rebreather! Mike send me his very nice...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Mike Eitel build this complete rebreather. Please enjoy the design steps of the Swiss MeCCRV2. Michael is a person who build his own CNC drill, his own CD label printer and did many other inventions. Of course he then start building rebreathers. After the MeCCR...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Homebuild MCCR rebreather by Erik Ballast My name is Erik Ballast from The Netherlands. I rebuild a Dräger Dolphin rebreather as a manually controlled closed circuit rebreather. I have been looking and searching on the internet for a long time before building this...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Read all about Kristiaan Slootmaeker Black Dolphin with Armadillo sidemounts Kristiaan Slootmaekers dived his Dräger Dolphin rebreather a long time before he decided to rebuild his unit radically. Now he dives the black Dolphin as manual controlled closed circuit...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
A 50 year old navy cold water rebreather as MCCR! This is my “Teknosofen Norge III” based on the well proven (50 years old) Dräger Norge II. The modifications include splitting of the gas supply, right is O2, left is diluent. Modification of the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Stan Henning build his own MCCR and calls it HR-2. His build was published earlier here. Now Stan upgraded his scrubber. This page describes his progress on his rebreather build. Hi JW, I call my new unit the HR2….. I made it from pvc like the last one but...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Michel Biesmans send me pictures about his manual controlled rebreather “Le Joky”. Michel sent me pictures of his Manual controlled Closed Circuit rebreather. On the pictures you can also see a sidemount rebreather with a special loop worn on one side,...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Jan Bruggeman from Gent Belgium build his own MCCR. Check this out. Jan thanks for your contribution! 1) The basics: A case with 2 bottles attached: 5l diluent (gives me some on-board bailout) and 3l Oxygen. 2) The important thing: The breathing loop consists of an...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Alexey Stekolshikow (Алексей Стекольщиков) has informed me about a very special rebreather, the Russian IDA72V. IDA-72V is written IDA-72B in Russian. The IDA-72V is shown here. “V” stands for Vodyanoj meaning “water heated”. So the IDA72V is...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Matti’s IDA 59 Matti Anttila from Finland bought a IDA 59 through Ebay. He checked his set and step by step rebuild the unit. This write up shows the steps to be taken to use the Russian IDA 59. During his research he found that some parts were missing and...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
KISS YOUR DOLPHIN GOODBYE Andrew Gay sent me his pictures about a Kiss Style CCR. Since this kind of conversions a very popular at the moment, I am happy to introduce you to his project. Have fun with Andrews story. The following photos show approx 6 months of...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Manual operated and constant mass flow Biomarine Rebreathers The Biopak 60 and 240 rebreathers are not made for scuba purposes. The technical layout of these units has to be changed for the use underwater. Ted Zarcone and Wayne Journey show you the result of the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Brent build a reliable MCCR rebreather from a Dolphin rebreather First things first, there are no electronics on this page. They have been removed for the pictures as they are part of a new product.You will all get to see them one day!I’ve been diving this unit...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Stingray and Abyss rebreathers Dr. Errol J. Harding wrote me a few years ago about the development of his Abyss rebreather. The shown unit is looking very nice and it must have taken a large effort to build such unit. In the same country a well known other rebreather...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
The rare Russian IDA73 converted to a KISS rebreather You may remember this years addition of the Russian Hydrox rebreather model IDA 73. Information can be found in the Russian section of oxygen rebreathers. Eric C. Cooper from Canada bought this unit in the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Kerry McKenzie from Australia build a closed circuit Dolphin The Closed Circuit Dolphin Re-Breather Written by Kerry McKenzie Published with permission from the authorDecember 2002 J.W. Bech http://www.therebreathersite.nl This is a fully closed circuit...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Grabriele Paparo’s sidemounted MCCR rebreather WC1 We have all been thinking how to make the side mounts surplus. Kevin G. has announced there will be a bailout unit, and several others did too. Gabriele Paparo has been writing before on my website in his...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
Johan’s kiss style Dolphin MCCR Johan Duits from the Netherlands rebuild his standard Dolphin to an almost industrial design. He managed to use all techniques and remarks mentioned regarding the Kiss style rebreathers the last years. Keywords are: reliability,...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual operated Closed Circuit Systems MCCR, Homebuilders
These pictures were sent to me by Dr. L. Weidinger from Germany. Read how he built this unit made of a former Russian IDA 71 and a German RG-UF/M tank rebreather. Lothar had many homebuild projects send to me, see the hoembuilder pages of his other units! Lothar,...
