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Not sure, I haven't seen anyone say for certain. Several people have presumed that @GasMonkey has ctb as it's unlikely he'd be off the site for this long.
So far I haven't done any proper test, just breathing in and out a few times to test the exhalation valve, without the hose plugged in .
Yes, the EEBD hood has worked for some people, though the SCBA setup is probably more reliable.
EEBD hoods become flooded with nitrogen at the recommended lpm rate. That nosepeice and valve looks fairly good compared to mine. Any exhaled gas that remains within the hood will be pushed out at the neck fitting, this is why the elasticated fitting is not 'skin-tight'. It is also why a cylinder with 40 mins flow duration is used. It is if you will excuse the pun, an overkill amount of gas, A great deal of over-thinking goes on here, which is fairly predictable under the circumstances. But when one considers that this method started out as an oven bag with a plastic tube taped inside it, these hoods with the exhalation valve are quite a remarkable development.
If you live in a city with a workplace safety shop, you can head in and try the fittings out yourself. Same with welding/pneumatic supply shops. I have one fairly close to home & those couplers are on the shelf, unboxed, sold seperately. This should put your mind at rest.
You don't hook up a hood directly to a nitrogen cylinder, you have to control the flow coming from the cylinder, so you need a nitrogen (or argon) regulator.
The Drager Saver CF and LALIZAS have those two holes on the inner mask too , If you think those two holes are a flaw in the design of the hood, seal it.
There is no doubt about it.
That low tech exhalation valve will do the job, you only need an exhalation valve to prevent carbon dioxide from accumulating inside the hood, cessation of breathing occurs in less than 5 minutes, If you think that exhalation valve can't do its job for 5 minutes, you better sue the manufacturer and get some money from them.
The use of SCBA equipment is overkill and unnecessary imo, you just need a confined, oxygen-free space, preferably with an exhalation valve, which a hood will give you that, the SCBA is just a fancy way of doing it.
I sent you some adapters for that and you need to spend some money and try them, but as I said, it's better to modify the hose.
Not a flaw; like I said it's probably designed to let air flow into the hood itself. These hoods are designed to keep people alive to get out of an emergency situation; some CO2 mixing in with the air over a few minutes isn't going to affect them staying alive.
You probably don't need to seal them with tape or whatever, I was just wondering if it would ensure less CO2 would get into the hood itself, from the mask/mouthpiece.
If you're going doing the exit bag setup, you just need the hose from the regulator bringing the gas into the bag. Exhaled air will be pushed out the bottom of the exit bag by the nitrogen.
You've obviously never experienced S.I.!
While your hood seems to be too small for you, if the inner mask sits tightly against your mouth, it may work out better than if it was a bit loose. Is the hood neck not elasticated?
