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"william Tay" <william_tay75@ho*.co*> writes: > hi list,has anyone out there have extensive experience is the usage of > Dive Rite and Halcyon equipment ,specifically > a) the safety spools > b) cave/carven diving reels > b) single tank adaptor (STA) I have serveral Halcyon defender spools and a Halcyon pathfinder reel. The simplicity of the defender spools make them superior. Also the pathfinder is excellent. There is only one thing to be aware of with Halcyon/EE-products that have steel screws in aluminum plates: the screws will corrode the aluminum (because of difference in electrochemical potential). I wanted to grease up my spool today, and the screws barely came out in one piece. When doing the same with my ten months old Goodman handle on a standard EE light head, one of the screws just snapped in two, leaving half of it inside the plate under the lighthead. I now have to go to a machine shop to see if they can drill out the remaining part and re-thread the plate. I think by most standards, I'm _very_ thorough about rinsing all my gear after every dive. So if you go for a pathfinder or any other gear with aluminum held together by screws of some other metal, make sure you take it appart every six months or so and grease it up real good - especially if you are diving in salt water. Olaf -- Olaf Trygve Berglihn <olafb@pv*.or*> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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