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have been watching- finally have to join in
while i appreciate the point regarding dive shops effectively preventing
many divers from effecting good equipment maintenance and repair on their
own gear there is, as ever, another side to this coin. unfortunately for
every concientious diver who can understand how a regulator works and is
capable of working on his own gear with the right training there are dozens
who feel they should be allowed to service their own regulators because they
completed a PADI equipment specialist course. i've had divers wanting to buy
regulator service kits who believed that the ip from a sherwood magnum 1st
stage should be "somewhere around 3000psi and yes i can gauge that using my
regulator's spg"
yes also there are dive stores and dive store staff who have no right
servicing equipment,inspecting tanks or O2 prepping tanks and regs but don't
forget that there are also a lot of stores around that do know what they're
doing
there are two sides to every story
there is aplace in the sport and the dive industry for the diver who will
learn how to safely maintain his own gear but we need to identify those who
cannot safely and protect them from themselves-right now that prevention
makes life tough for a lot of people who are responsible and competent- who
said the world was perfect?
by the way how do i subscribe to techdiver list or did i just?
happy new year
tony phillips

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