Zeagle Tiger performance T-310SSL User manual

Introduction – Safety Warnings
Serial Number Location
Using and Filling the SBA
Cylinder Information
2nd Stage
Pre-Use Check
Post-Use Care
Maintenance
Specifications
Service Record
Notes
Pages
1
2
5-11
12
13
14
15
15
16
17
18
Table of Contents:

COPYRIGHT: This manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved.
It may not be copied, translated or reproduced in any physical or
electronic medium without the consent of Zeagle Systems, Inc.
This owner’s manual uses signal words recommended by the
American National Standards Institute (see ANSI Z535.4) to des-
ignate levels of hazard seriousness. These signal words and their
designations are as follows:
DANGER: Indicates an imminently hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.
This signal word is to be limited to the most extreme situ-
ations.
WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious
injury.
CAUTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.
It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices.
1

2
Congratulations
Your new Zeagle/Tiger SBA (Survival Breathing Apparatus) has
been designed and manufactured to the highest possible standards
of performance and reliability. With the reasonable care outlined in
this manual it will provide you with many years of diving enjoyment.
Safety Information
Read these instructions carefully before using your regulator, and
keep this manual for future reference. Following the care and main-
tenance section at the end of this booklet will help ensure reliable
service.
Serial Number Location
The serial number is located on the first stage as shown in Figure 1
below.
Fig. 1

3
CAUTION
SBA products are subject to conditions of extreme wear and corro-
sion. Inspection and maintenance are required to ensure continued
performance. Tiger Performance recommends that you have your
regulator inspected and serviced once a year on the anniversary date
of its purchase. SBA service equipment should be used by trained
personnel only.
WARNING
1. Breathing compressed air is an activity that involves a degree of
risk. Tiger Performance Survival Breathing Apparatus (SBA) equip-
ment is only to be used by those trained and certified. Use without the
necessary training in safe procedures, or without observing the prac-
tices outlined by your training agency for your level of certification,
is extremely hazardous and could result in serious personal injury or
death. This owner’s manual is in no way meant to be a substitute for
the instruction received from a certified training agency.
2. SBA regulators must be serviced only by technicians trained and
authorized to service Tiger Performance SBA equipment. At no time
should any unauthorized person attempt to repair the regulator or
adjust any nuts, bolts or screws other than those used to mount the
regulator to, or dismount it from the harness. SBA equipment that is
not properly serviced might malfunction during use, putting the user
at risk of serious personal injury or death.

4
CAUTION
1. The high-pressure outlets (HP Ports) are distinctly larger than the
low-pressure outlets. Only devices with fittings, hoses and compo-
nents designed for the full tank pressure that the regulator will be
subjected to, such as Pressure Gauges, are to be installed in these
ports.
2. During installation, the O-ring hose fittings will seal with hand-tight
pressure, but may come loose during use if not tightened carefully
with a small wrench. Proper torque for the hose fittings is 40-45
in lbs. (4.5 - 5 N-m) Excessive tightening will not help the seal and
may damage the parts (see Low Pressure Hose Installation Caution
Statement; ANSI American National Standard for Safety, paragraph
9.3.1).
WARNING
Extreme cold conditions such as those found under ice, requires special-
ized training and procedures. Do not attempt these activities unless you
are fully qualified and properly equipped to do so safely.
NITROX USE
SBA regulators are manufactured using materials suitable for use
with oxygen enriched gases (i.e., Nitrox, etc.) providing the oxygen
content does not exceed 40%. The regulator must be kept “Oxygen
Clean” and used only with certified clean air mixtures to maintain this
status. Once the regulator is used with air not certified to be clean
for enriched air use, the regulator will have to be cleaned again for
enriched air use by a certified technician.

5
SBA FIRST STAGE & VALVE
The compact SBA body, is a combination of on-off valve, quick-
disconnect filling attachment, and a simple rugged Flow-by
Piston first stage. The Tiger Performance SBA screws directly
into a 3000 psi Cylinder and is much lighter and more compact
than the separate Valve and Regulator pair it replaces. This
makes the Tiger Performance SBA an excellent choice when bulk
and weight are considerations, such as escape and redundant
air supply systems. The 1st stage reduces the high pressure air
contained in the cylinder to a constant intermediate pressure
of approximately 135 psi (9.2 BAR). Tiger SBA first stages are
designed to do this with outstanding reliability.
DANGER
Using nitrox (i.e., gas mixtures containing oxygen in excess of 21%)
requires special training and procedures. Improper use of nitrox can
lead to personal injury, convulsions, drowning, and death.
Use of gas mixtures containing oxygen in excess of 40% with this regu-
lator, can lead to fires and explosions, causing severe personal injury
and death.
DANGER

6
During storage, when the valve hand wheel (Fig. 2) is turned off (clockwise),
tank pressure is applied to the backside of the safety relief burst disc, but not
the HP (high pressure) gauge port or the regulator section of the SBA. When
breathing air is needed or a reading of tank pressure using the HP gauge is
required, the valve hand wheel is turned in a counter-clockwise direction until
it’s fully open. This allows the air to move from the lower valve section of the
SBA into the upper pressure regulating section and out the LP (low pressure)
ports. This also allows air to get from the cylinder to the pressure gauge in the
HP port. After use, the valve hand wheel should be closed by turning it fully
clockwise.
Tiger Performance SBA (continued)
Fig. 2

7
Filling the Tiger Performance SBA
The cylinder attached to the SBA can be filled using either the Transfiller or the
Filling Whip Adapter shown in Fig. 3 depending on the source of the air. The 330-
6052 Transfiller is used to connect the valve of a standard Yoke Scuba Cylinder to
the Fill Probe to transfer the air from the higher pressure cylinder. The 330-FA52-
AA Filling Whip Adapter is used when the source of air is a common Scuba tank
filling compressor system.
Fig. 3
WARNING
To prevent internal cylinder corrosion, if any dirt or moisture is seen on
the Fill Probe face (see Fig. 3) when the Cap is removed, it must be wiped
off or blown off carefully with CLEAN compressed air.
To ensure a proper fill and to avoid damage to internal parts, the Valve
Handwheel (see Fig. 2) MUST be opened BEFORE the supply valve on the
Scuba Tank or Filling Whip is turned on.
CAUTION

8
Filling the Tiger Performance SBA using the 330-6052 Transfiller
As described on the previous page, the 330-6052 Transfiller is used when the
source of air is a standard Scuba cylinder with a Yoke style valve. This process
only works when the Scuba cylinder’s pressure is higher than the pressure in the
SBA’s cylinder since no compressor is used to help move the air. The pressures in
the two cylinders will equalize when both valves are opened. This means that each
subsequent filling with the same Scuba cylinder will result in less final pressure in
the SBA’s cylinder. Always check the SBA’s cylinder pressure after this procedure
to ensure that there is enough pressure (no less than 2800 psi / 193 Bar) for use.
The SBA cylinder will get hot during the transfilling. To ensure a good fill, let the
small cylinder cool to room temperature before ending the filling process.
Remove the Cap from the Fill Probe. Clean the face of the Fill Probe if necessary.
Attach the Transfiller by threading it onto the Fill Probe until it’s hand tight. (Fig. 4).
TURN THE VALVE HANDWHEEL ON THE SBA COUNTERCLOCKWISE TO THE
FULL OPEN POSITION BEFORE OPENING THE SCUBA CYLINDER VALVE.
Fig. 4
WARNING
The Tiger SBA uses a 3000 psi (207 Bar) working pressure cylinder. If the
source cylinder being used to transfer air has a working pressure above
3000 psi, the person doing the transfilling must monitor the Compact HP
Port Pressure Gauge to make sure that the pressure fed into the SBA
does not exceed 3000 psi at any time.

9
Attach the other end of the Transfiller to the Yoke Valve in a full Scuba Cylinder
(Fig. 5).
Fig. 5
Since the Valve Hand wheel on the SBA is fully open (Fig. 6) the HP pressure gauge
on the SBA will now be showing the small cylinder’s pressure.
Fig. 6

10
Check that all bleed collar on the filling system are closed (see Fig. 7). Open the
Scuba cylinder valve. You will hear the humming sound of the check valve in the
SBA’s Fill Probe opening and the air moving from the high pressure source into
the small cylinder. When the pressures are equalized, the sound will stop and
the check valve in the SBA’s Fill Probe will automatically close. Close the valve
on the source Scuba cylinder. Bleed the air trapped between the SBA 1st Stage
and the source valve. The Transfiller bleed valve is opened by twisting the
bleed collar (pointed to by the red arrow near the 330-6052 part number in Fig.
7 above). Disconnect the Transfiller from the Fill Probe on the SBA. Replace
the Cap onto the male threads of the SBA’s Fill Probe. Close the Valve Hand
wheel on the SBA. The fill using the Transfiller is now completed. A stream-
ing video on the Zeagle website showing this procedure, can be accessed by
clicking on the following link; Filling the RaZor SBA using the Transfiller (link
to Streaming Video) Note that the video shows a brass Scuba version of the
RaZor with a Quick disconnect collar on the Transfiller. However, the SBA’s
filling procedure is the same.
Fig. 7

11
If a Scuba air compressor
is available, then the Filling
Whip Adapter shown below
would be the preferred
method of filling the SBA. The
330-FA52-AA Filling Whip
Adapter (Fig 8), is attached
to the SBA in the same
manner described earlier
for the Transfiller. Turn the
SBA’s Valve Handwheel fully
counter-clockwise to open it.
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Attach a Scuba Yoke Valve
Filling Whip on the other end of
the Filling Whip Adapter. The
Valve and Bleed Screw on the
Scuba Filling Whip are used in
the same manner as the Tank
Valve and Bleed Collar on the
Transfiller procedure describing
in this manual earlier. Remember
that the working pressure of the
SBA’s cylinder is 3000 psi (207
Bar). DO NOT OVERFILL THE
SBA CYLINDER. Allow the SBA
cylinder to cool to room tem-
perature to get the final pressure
reading on the SBA’s HP Port
Pressure Gauge.
Filling the Tiger Performance SBA using the 330-FA52 Scuba
Filling Whip Adapter

The Tiger Performance SBA comes standard with a 9.25” (23.5 cm) long
cylinder that when filled to its 3000 psi (207 BAR) rated pressure holds a volume
of air which if allowed to exit the cylinder will expand to a volume of 2.0 cubic
feet (56.6 Liters). This volume of air will give the user about 20 breaths at 20
feet (6 m) or shallower depth, from the cylinder before it’s empty. Three optional
cylinders are available from Tiger Performance that will work with the SBA.
They hold 1.5, 2.5 or 6 cu ft respectively, at 3000 psi.
There are two rows of important information stamped on the neck of
all DOT approved cylinders. At the top
left of the SBA cylinder stamping is
“DOT-3AL3000”. This means that the
cylinder is DOT approved aluminum with
a maximum working pressure of 3000
psi. The Tiger Performance SBA is
design to work safely and efficiently with
a 3000 psi cylinder. NEVER use the SBA
with anything but a 3000 psi cylinder.
(see Fig. 10 at left) NEVER fill the SBA
cylinder above 3000 psi (when it cools to
room temperture 75 F / 24 C)
12
At the bottom right of the stamping
is “07*09”. IN THIS EXAMPLE
this means that the cylinder
was made and tested in July of
2009. This date of course varies
from cylinder to cylinder. The
DOT (Department of Transport)
requires that cylinders have a test
stamp no more than 5 years old.
After 5 years, the cylinder must be
pressure tested and stamped with
the new test date. It’s sometimes
more practical to simply install a
new cylinder after 5 years. Fig. 11
Cylinder Information:
Fig. 10

13
320-RG6L SECOND STAGE FEATURES
The Tiger Performance SBA compact second stage (Fig. 10) is a light
yet affective device for delivering good control and airflow to the user.
It’s simplicity of design ensure rugged reliable performance.
After the Valve Hand wheel on the 1st stage is turned on (Fig. 6),
the 320-RG6L 2nd stage is held in the user’s mouth by inserting the
mouthpiece shown in Fig 10 above. When the user inhales, air will
begin flowing from the 1st stage, through the swivel hose, into the
2nd stage control valve and into the user’s mouth. When the user
exhales, air will automatically be vented out through the Exhaust
Port. If the user needs to clear or test the SBA, the Purge Button
can be depressed to initiate flow. Releasing the Purge Button will
stop the flow.
Fig. 12

14
If you hear any leaks, turn the tank valve off. Do not use the SBA until
the source of the leak has been found and corrected by an authorized
Tiger Performance SBA service technician.
CAUTION
PRE-USE CHECK
1. Before using the Tiger Performance SBA, check to be sure that
the black Fill Probe Cap is in place on the Fill Probe (see Fig. 2) Use
without this Cap in place can result in water and contaminants being
blown into the interior of the cylinder during filling, which in turn will
cause future mechanical problems in the regulator and valve.
2. Prior to each use always check to make certain your regulator has
no potential leaks by inhaling on the regulator with the SBA’s Valve
Handwheel turned off. You should not be able to draw in any air. If
you can draw in any quantity of air, either the exhaust valve is failing
to seal properly, or there may be a pinhole leak in the mouthpiece or
second stage diaphragm. Service the SBA if necessary.
3. Just before turning on the SBA’s Valve Handwheel, check to make
sure that the all hose connections are tight and that the regulator
body is aligned properly, with no kinks in the hoses.
4. At the beginning of each use, turn the Valve Handwheel on slowly,
check for air leaks and proper breathing function of the regulator. If
any unusual leaks are heard, do not use the regulator. Take the SBA
to an authorized Tiger Performance SBA repair facility for inspection
and repair if necessary.
WARNING
The SBA cylinder pressure indicating gauge will not show cylinder
pressure unless the Valve Handwheel is turned on. The SBA should not
be considered ready for service unless the gauge reads 3000 psi. when
the handwheel is turned on. If the reading is below 3000 psi, the cylinder
must be refilled before use.

15
It is essential that your regulator is checked at least once every two years
by an authorized Tiger Performance regulator technician. Unusually
heavy use, or use in dirty or contaminated water may result in the need
for more frequent service. A service record has been provided at the end
of this manual to assist you in keeping your SBA’s service up to date.
MAINTENANCE
1. After use, make sure the plastic cap on the Filling Probe is still in
place. Periodically check the condition of the external O-ring on the Fill
Probe. Ask your technician to install a new O-ring if it looks torn or cut.
Neglect of these simple procedures is a major cause of corrosion and
wear in regulators.
2. If the Tiger Performance SBA has been used in salty or contaminated
water it will need rinsing. With the SBA’s air valve turned off, rinse the
first and second stage in clean fresh water. DO NOT purge the regulator
before or during rinsing since this may introduce water into the second
stage and the low-pressure hose. After rinsing, thoroughly shake all
excess water from the second stage. Press the Purge Cover (with the
SBA’s air valve turned on) several times to blow the rinse water out of
the inner mechanism. Allow the entire regulator to air dry before storing.
For reasons of hygiene, equipment subjected to frequent use in train-
ing, etc. should be rinsed in water containing a suitable sterilizing agent.
The best sterilizing solutions for your regulator are soap based. If any
stronger chemicals are used, make the immersion very brief and rinse
the regulator out again thoroughly. Failure to rinse sterilizing chemicals
out of the regulator will cause serious damage to plastic parts of the
regulator. This will result in cracking of hard plastic parts and shrinking
or swelling of soft plastic parts.
NOTE: DO NOT USE SOLVENT CHEMICALS TO CLEAN THE
REGULATOR.
3. Store the clean dry regulator in a clean bag or storage box, away from
sunlight, excessive heat and humidity.
POST-USE CARE

2nd Stage Weight (2nd only, No Hose)
35” (88.9 cm) Standard Hose Weight
20” (50.8 cm) Optional Hose Weight
MATERIALS:
Cover
Case
Poppet Seat
O-Rings
Diaphragm
Exhaust Valve
Mouthpiece
.26 lb. (.12 kg) no hose
.39 lb. (.17 kg.)
.36 lb. (.16 kg)
Flexible Thermoplastic
Thermoplastic
Elastomer
Buna-N
Elastomeric Polymer
Elastomer
Silicone
16
MODEL: Tiger Performance SBA (Survival Breathing Apparatus)
FEATURES: Flow-by Piston, Valve-Regulator Combination screws directly into a cylinder.
A. FIRST STAGE REGULATOR & VALVE
MODEL: RG6L Compact
FEATURES: Downstream valve, compact diaphragm
B. SECOND STAGE REGULATOR
1st STAGE WEIGHT
1.5 cu ft CYLINDER WEIGHT
2.0 cu ft CYLINDER WEIGHT
2.5 cu ft CYLINDER WEIGHT
6.0 cu ft CYLINDER WEIGHT
INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE
# LOW PRESSURE PORTS
# HIGH PRESSURE PORTS
MATERIALS:
Body
O-rings
Seat
Quick-Disconnect Fill Probe
.62 lb. (.28 kg.)
.70 lb. (.30 kg)
.86 lb. (.39 kg)
1.0 lb. (.45 kg)
2.7 lb. (1.22 kg)
120-150 psi (8-10 bar)
4
1
Aluminum (Hard Anodized)
Buna-N
Teflon
Stainless Steel (316)

17
Service Record
Date: Service:
Date SBA first entered Service:

18
Notes:
The date of purchase and contact information for the
source should be written on this page. A copy of the
issue receipt could also be stapled to this page for future
records.