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At 23:51 24/03/99 -0500, Dave Dalton <dmdalton@ju*.co*> wrote: >I objected on philosophical grounds (comes naturally, I have a minor in >philosophy) that one should not subject one's life support equipment to >unnecessary abuse just for an exercise (one could, for example, turn off >the valve, buddy breathe while doing needle point or playing solitaire, >whatever - why flood your first stage just for grins!) The owner of the >shop said (with a grin), we sell Scuba Pro and this doesn't hurt our >regs, in fact, it shows how good they are! I was told it was the HP guage that is the real worry when flooding the first stage, because once the water gets in there you can't get it out easily (need to take the whole thing apart and service). When a set of regs goes into the tub (fresh water) without a dust cap on at the shop I DM for the HP hose is removed and air is blasted through the first stage to remove any water. I'd doubt flooding would seriously affect the functioning of the first or second stage on a dive (would need to be properly cleaned and serviced afterwards though). But then I wouldn't deliberately do it to my own gear if I didn't have to (had to replace a piston recently after sand got in and put a nick in the knife edge). Simon Simon L Hartley RSM Unit Web Administrator\First Year Course Coordinator Associate Lecturer School of Resource Science and Management Southern Cross University P.O. Box 157 Lismore NSW, Australia 2480 Ph: (02) 66203251 or (61 66) 203 251 Fax:(02) 66212669 E-mail: shartley@sc*.ed*.au* http://www.scu.edu.au/staff_pages/shartley/index.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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