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Posted: **Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:58 am**

Once upon a time, there was a thread like this, but fear it was lost during previous forum loss.

Anyhow, for those less familiar with terms, the following are some common terms used in the soaker modding/building discussions. This list isn't meant to list all possible modifications, rather to list terms more specialized to Soakerdom.

APH: Air Pressure Homemade

CVF: Check Valve Freeezing - removal or stopping of the pressure release valve on some soaker models such that higher internal pressures can be achieved

Collosus Mod: addition of layers of inner-tube onto cylindrical CPS-type chambers to increase the chamber power

K-Mod: addition of balloons around a spherical CPS-type chamber to increase strength of chamber power. 'K' refers to '1000' as earlier builders noted their modified blaster by putting an additional '0' at the end (i.e. a modded CPS1200 became a CPS12000).

XPS: addition of balloons into air pressure chambers to make them more CPS-like (initially done on XP-model blasters)

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There are probably more that can be added to this list, but those are the ones that are currently coming to mind.

Posted: **Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:38 am**

Oh, there's much more:

CPH: Constant pressure homemade

CAP: Constant air pressure homemade [very few exist]

PPH: Piston pressure homemade [very few exist]

Multi-Nozzle Mod: Removal of the stock nozzle and replacement with PVC fittings that allow for the use of theoretically infinate nozzle settings.

Nozzle Selector Mod: Drilling out another hole for another option in guns which already have selectors, or other alteration. Used for the CPS 2700, 1500/1700, 1-3-5, etc.

Nozzle Mod: Drilling out any nozzle on any gun in order to make it larger.

Integration: Any use of one soaker's parts in a another soaker.

PC Swapping Integration: Swapping a spherical pressure chamber from one CPS gun to another and vice versa. Written as pc then host gun-a CPS 1521 would be a 1500 pc in a 2100 casing.

Reservoir Expansion: Sawing off the end of a soaker's tank and attaching an object so as to expand the gun's total capacity.

Shotgun Mod: Simply sawing into a nozzle to enlarge it. Produces a short range riot blast.

Pump Reinforcement: A soaker with a tracked pump can have the pump reinforced. Involves replacing the plastic column that runs through the pump shaft with a screw or other stronger object.

Trigger Valve Replacement: Replacing a blown-out trigger valve with a ball valve and PVC parts. Difficult and not well documented.

Tribulation: A series of mods specifically for a CPS 1500/1700.

Ideal Nozzle Orifice: The best nozzle size/diameter for range in a given soaker, calculated using empirical and graphing data.

And I know there are some I missed as well...

Edited By Duxburian on 1145720655

Posted: **Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:48 am**

Yeah, I knew I missed some. However, terms like 'Reservoir expansion' and 'nozzle mods' I didn't consider adding to the first list since those particular terms are fairly self-explanatory. Same thing with things like 'Trigger reinforcing', 'Trigger replacement', etc. Otherwise, one can also add in things like painting, camoflaguing, and detailing. I was aiming at the stranger terms like APH, CAP/H and K-mod type terms.

Posted: **Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:55 pm**

At SSC, I started using PCgH

PCgH: PreCharger Homemade (a homemade water gun that uses a PreCharger chamber, with separate PC compartments for the water and the air)

PC: Pressure Chamber

Posted: **Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:01 am**

PCgH - there's a newer term. Thanks for the note (and welcome to the forums, too)! As for PC, that's a general soaker term and not as specialized for homemades or modding.

However, in light of this thread, perhaps I really need to rebuild the full soaker-term and glossary section and include these in. I'll work on that later today.

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