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Hi guys. Here is my first post here, for a quick question. But fist, okay, I'm a newbie and have only been certified for 8 months, and only have 33 dives so far. But I'm fairly sure that I'll carryon diving (can't stand being dry for more than 1 week), and will go deeper into it one day... So, I read this, about O2 cleansing regs: >I just got off the phone with Parkway, and they will be bringing >in a "new, improved" kit for the Poseidon 1st stages. This will >include viton orings and a new, "clear" diaphragm. And I'm led to wonder: When one "cleans" a regulator for O2 service, understandably it involves replacing all parts who'd react with oxygen (the Apollo I fire is well burned into my memory). So it comes without surprise that gaskets and O-rings have to be replaced. However, when you replace a rubber O-ring with an oxygen safe O-ring, how do you know it has been replaced? I mean, is the "viton" (if I'm not mistaken) easily distinguished from the (synthetic?) rubber O-rings it replaces (I mean, does it have a different colour - I suppose that the elasticity HAS to be substantially the same so the performance would not be affected), or you have to use an elaborate check-list procedure? --=================================================-- I don't have a sig, but I've got a WWW home page!!!
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