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I've seen it happen a few times, both at the shop and on boats. I try and make it a point to check out my buddy's regs, both on descent and hang, for errant bubbles (though the dry bleed on Sherwood regs makes this a bit tougher...), and I check the hoses on my own regs post dive when I clean my stuff (btw, personally I've found the various hose wraps make it harder to spot problems and don't do a whole lot to prevent 'em). I'm pretty sure it's a common problem, but I think it's probably worse in up here in cold water where the temp stiffens the hoses and tends to work the swedge (where the metal meets the hose) a bit more. At 01:01 AM 6/28/99 -0700, you wrote: >I have seen a few old hoses blow off at the either fitting end. 5 years >is probably a reasonable max lifespan for a hose, before you would want >to change it. > >Cam > >Christopher and Donna Cox wrote: >> >> During our decompression stops after diving the "Chester Poling" off of >> Gloucester MA. this weekend my partner experienced massive second stage >> failure. He was diving a Sherwood Oasis approximatley 10 years old. >> While decompressing at 10 feet his second stage blew off at the the >> point where the hose meets the connection. Has anyone experienced this >> with any other type of gear? Both divers safely made it to the surface >> without incident. Thanks. >> >> -- >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > >-- >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >Cameron Banks 408-821-6314 cell >Applied Materials Account Manager 888-731-6502 pager > 408-934-0500 office > 408-934-0707 fax >Aera Corporation >422 S. Hillview Drive e-mail: cam@ae*.co* >Milpitas, CA 95035 http://www.massflow.com >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. Tony Thomas, manager, Stingray Divers http://www.stingraydivers.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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