They don't come tuned properly.  Detune the 1st stage below 150psi and 
don't crank the 2nd stage past about 75% open.


At 10:40 AM 4/28/2000 +0200, Matej Simonic / Testing LTD wrote:
>Does anybody know what is the problem with Apex Tx40 (50) 1st stages 
>(membrane). Between our friends we have 5 Tx40 regs. They seem to have 
>some sort of problem with 1st stages. They leak slowly (we swapped the 2nd 
>stages and it did not help) so that you have continuous small stream of 
>bubbles coming out of the second stage. That happened in 2 cases.
>We decided for Apex based on the list recommendations and we took membrane 
>dry 1st stages because we frequently dive in cold waters. Both leaking 
>regs are well maintained and almost new (in fact one came leaking new) and 
>the other has less than 20 dives. The rest of us are now very worried. 
>(because we thought we bought good regs...)
>1) Is this common for TX40 (TX50 has the same 1st stage) and what shall I do.
>2) What is the cause of this/how to solve it.
>
>Best Regards
>Matej Simonic


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  http://www.nwls.com

  *I* moved your cheese.


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