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> Two weeks ago off Long Island one of the guys on > the boat I was on had a new Scuba Pro blow at > about 145, sucked his manifolded 120's down in > what he says was less than a minute! > I'm not sure what model it was, but I understand > he has had several dives on it and liked it quite > well until the other day. > > > > Has anyone heard anything about ScubaPro regulators blowing up at around > > 50ft... There has been a recall of some Scubapro G-500's. The little plastic knob on the vane is defective in SOME, not all, G-500's. The defect causes it to pop out of the reg allowing a free flow. If you have a G-500 or know someone who does, tell them to check with their dealer and they can tell by the serial number if it is one of the bad lot. As far as sucking down twin manifolded 120's in a minute: First off, you can't open the valve on a single 120 and empty it that fast, much less twins, unless they are near empty already. Second, why didn't he use the isolator valve and limit his gas loss to one tank? When that tank ran out he could have switched to the other reg. That's what the isolation valve is for isn't it? Rick
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