When I have had to service my gear away from a workshop and the filter has
looked a bit old, I have soaked it in some vinegar to clean it up a bit. This
doesn't seem to hurt the filter one bit and a jet of compressed air blows out
all the liquid. I would say that vinegar is a lot more harsh than salt water so
you shouldn't have any problems. 

BTW the sintered filters are usually quite coarse and only stop large particles
from blowing through the reg. Blowing salt water through the reg may have long
term corrosion implications but considering that you would only be doing it in
an emergency situation, avoiding rust inside my reg would be the last thing on
my mind.

:-) James Dibbs
Sydney, Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: Phi Le [mailto:PLe@Se*.co*]
Sent: Thursday, 25 March 1999 1:24 PM
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com; 'TClagett@ao*.co*'
Subject: Switching regs underwater


I tried it and it works fine. If the sintered filter got fouled, wouldn't
removing it solve the problem ?

Phi
> ----------
> From: 	TClagett@ao*.co*[SMTP:TClagett@aol.com]
> 
> In a message dated 3/24/99 12:07:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> nadwidny@ho*.co* writes:
> 
> << They said, among other things, that the sintered filter would be
fouled
> and wouldn't allow enough gas to pass to the first stage for it to
> function correctly.  >>
> 
> I would try it if the alternative is get bent or maybe even death. 
> 
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