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stage Ellipse Black Balanced Regulators repair and maintenance January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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EXCLUSIVELY by an authorized Cressi-Sub center. If the information provided in this document is unclear or not fully intelligible, • please contact Cressi-sub before proceeding with any disassembly or maintenance procedures. Before proceeding, Cressi-sub recommends that you read the following document •...
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• To prevent any assembly errors when performing maintenance and/or repairs, we recommend using all the replacement parts provided by Cressi-Sub in every operation. • Pay special attention to the recommendations provided in the margin of the figures that show the various sequences of equipment maintenance and/or repair in order to avoid any problems that could result in an accident.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: spare parts Regulators repair and maintenance Ellipse Balanced/Ellipse Black Balanced 2nd stages (hz 820080) ANNUAL REPLACEMENT KIT CHART (Real Size) January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced Regulators repair and maintenance • Kit Ellipse Balanced/Ellipse Black Balanced Manutenzione Annuale • Cod. N° HZ 820080 (Real Size) Torna •Use only original Cressi-sub spare parts •Note: it is recommended to carry out a complete servicing of the regulator yearly or more frequently in case of intensive use.
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Balanced Regulators repair and maintenance • Annual replacement • Cressi-Sub recommends complete regulator maintenance at least once a year, or more frequently in the case of particularly intense use. • Maintenance must include replacement of all components provided in the annual equipment maintenance kit.
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Users must never perform maintenance themselves; all maintenance must be performed EXCLUSIVELY by an authorized Cressi-Sub center. • You can find your authorized Cressi-Sub center by asking your dealer, or Cressi Sub S.p.A. itself by sending an e-mail to: info@cressi-sub.it •Use only original Cressi-sub spare parts January 2011 Rev.
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Ellipse Black Balanced Special tools Regulators repair and maintenance January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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To replace the O-ring correctly, press its sides to create a bulge inside which to insert the round pointed tool, as shown in the pictures; • Attention: USE ONLY ORIGINAL CRESSI-SUB SPARE PARTS January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Remove the low pressure hose • Use a 0,75 in. and a 0,67 in. spanner to remove the low pressure hose, holding the lock nut steady with the former and unscrewing the hose with the latter;...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance 0,15 in. Allen wrench HZ 810077 •Cam-lock – Disassembling the regulator • Insert a 0,15 in. Allen wrench into the cam-lock seat, press gently and turn by 90 degrees anticlockwise. The inner spring will push the key outwards, and you will be able to take it out easily.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance • After removing the cam-lock key, press the soft cap with your fingers while levering on the baffle middle port, so as to open it, as shown in the picture. January 2011 Rev.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Open the cap, holding the regulator casing in your hand, and remove the soft cap (button), the diaphragm ring and the diaphragm. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820074 HZ 820073 HZ 820072 January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Use an adjustable wrench to loosen the side cap and HZ 820085 unscrew it slightly. HZ 709013 January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance Ch.19 HZ 820050 • Use a 0,75 in. spanner to remove the regulator lock nut. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820051 • Bend the lever (phase 1) and take the whole second stage mechanism out of the case (phase 2), as shown in the picture, then remove the valve body O-ring.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 810074 HZ 820078 • Take the baffle out of the case, pushing its ends as shown in the picture, then remove the discharge valve out of its seat. January 2011 Rev.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820085 HZ 820083 • Remove the side cap unscrewing it fully; remove the valve body spacer. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Use the tool HZ 709011 to remove the piston including spring and balancing chamber out of the valve body, as shown in the picture; • NOTE: push with a certain amount of strength to overcome the friction induced by the balancing chamber O-ring onto the valve body side, until the whole valve comes out.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Use a screwdriver to fully unscrew the adjustable nozzle. It will be shown later how to remove it out of its seat. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820094 HZ 709011 • Remove the nozzle out of the regulator valve body using the tool HZ 709011 (designed to prevent the edge from being damaged) as shown in the picture;...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820058 HZ 820055 OR = HZ 820059 OR = HZ 820057 HZ 820056 HZ 820049 • Remove the 2nd stage piston pad, the piston spring and the balancing chamber out of their seat.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820067 • Levering on their sides, lift and remove the upper mask hookings out of the casing, as shown in the picture. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820076 • Use a 0,08 in. pin pusher to remove the cap titanium upper pin out of its seat: please push in the direction shown by the picture. January 2011 Rev.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820086 • Remove the upper mask out of its seat as shown in the picture. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: disassembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820066 HZ 820068 OR = HZ 820069 • Remove the flow deviator out of it seat as shown in the picture. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: components Regulators repair and maintenance Cap button Button ring Diaphragm Cover + exhaust Upper mask tee closing cap Black and + OR Flow deviator + OR Balancing chamber + OR lock nut Valve nozzle + OR 2°...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • After replacing and lubricating its O-ring, insert the flow deviator into it seat as shown in the picture. HZ 820067 January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Place the upper mask onto the 2 stage casing, then press its sides to hook it to the casing as shown in the picture. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820076 • Insert the upper pin into the cap in the direction shown in the picture. Place the cap hookings into their seats in the 2 stage casing, as •...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Seat one side of the regulator case onto a hard surface, as shown in the picture; • Now hold the case in one hand firmly and tap with a plastic...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Insert the eshaust valve, taking care to place correctly the shaft into its seat, by pulling it from the inside of the regulator. HZ 810074 January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Check the piston hole is NOT blocked with impurities. • Insert the fresh pad pushing it into its seat in the piston. Please note the two bulges on HZ 820055 its shaft, which allow its full connection with the piston.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • While inserting the assembled valve, as will be described on next page, please pay attention to hold its fulcrum as shown in the picture (feet downwards with respect to the lever).
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Raising the lever, insert the assembled valve inside its body, as shown in the picture. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Check the lever works perfectly by pressing it more HZ 820053 times: it has to swing freely and go back every time to its vertical position automatically. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 709013 HZ 820085 HZ 820083 • Insert the spacer into the valve body so that its flat side lines up, when screwed, with the side cap inner part. • Screw back the side cap.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Replace and lubricate the nozzle O-ring. • Screw the nozzle for some turns into the valve body keeping the stage lever pressed, to prevent the sharp edge from damaging the piston pad.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • After replacing and properly lubricating the knob O-ring, lower the lever (1) and introduce (2) the regulator mechanism into the casing, exactly as shown in the picture. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance OR = HZ 820051 HZ 820050 • Replace and lubricate the valve body O-ring, then place it into its seat as shown in the picture; • After screwing it, a tooth placed on the closing side of the titanium lock nut will put the O-ring correctly into its seat on the 2 stage.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Use a 0,75 in. spanner to screw the titanium lock nut. • Check the lever is in parallel to the casing. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 709013 • Tighten the side cap, until its head lines up with the case. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820078 • Assemble the second stage baffle, inserting and pushing it into the seats in the casing as shown in the picture. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820073 HZ 820072 • Place the diaphragm onto the ring as shown in the picture; • Now check their correct coupling, as shown in the picture. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Insert the ring including the correctly placed diaphragm into the second stage case, making sure all the ring vertices line up perfectly with the case, as shown in the picture.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • While holding the ring in your hand tightly, pull gently the diaphragm plate outwards, to check its perimeter sits perfectly in the regulator case. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance HZ 820074 • Insert the button into the ring, making sure all the ring teeth connect with the corresponding holes in the button. • The picture show how they are correctly coupled.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Bend the swinging cap towards the exhaust valve seat. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • When closing it, make sure the teeth shown in the picture are free to lie TEETH and rotate only in their seats. These latter serve also as closing fulcrum of the cap.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Keep rotating the swinging cap until the regulator is fully closed. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Press the baffle main cap (grey in the picture) and close the regulator. • It will be fully locked after inserting the safety camlock key. January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: assembling Regulators repair and maintenance • Place the “Cam-lock” as shown in the picture, insert an Allen wrench into its seat and press gently, while turning by 90 degrees clockwise. • The “Cam-lock” inner spring will push the key into its position to lock the regulator, as shown in the picture.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: setting Regulators repair and maintenance • Ellipse Black Balanced second stage setting: valve nozzle setting (pag 57) • Screw the second stage to the setting gauge (HZ 710011) connected with a middle pressure hose to a correctly set MC9 first stage (10 bars – 200 bars tank) ;...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: setting Regulators repair and maintenance • Ellipse Black Balanced second stage setting: lever height setting • NOTE: please take care not to tighten the valve nozzle too much, that might cause the lock pad to bend exceedingly and lead to a subsequent inhaling effort due to the excessive compression of the valve spring;...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: setting Regulators repair and maintenance 10 bar HZ 710011 January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: checking Regulators repair and maintenance • After setting the regulator, keep it pressurized with a correctly set MC9 first stage and carry out following final checks: • move the Venturi effect check lever on Dive “+” and put the second stage gently under water holding the mouthpiece upwards, so as not to let water flow in.
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Ellipse Black Balanced: Service records Regulators repair and maintenance Download January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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Ellipse Black Balanced: Service records Regulators repair and maintenance Download Tab Scheda di manutenzione / registro interventi (Service record) January 2011 Rev. Ell.B.B. / 1 Ed. B /12...
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