FishOutUvH2O
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http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/special-announcements/306223-halcyon-press-release.html
I saw this down in the special announcements forum and thought I'd post it up here for more exposure. It's important because I had the spring fail on my Eclipse wing a few weeks ago because of the rust issue. Fortunately, it failed during the pre-dive check, so I simply replaced it with a spring from a spare wing and went diving. I think I probably got a little lucky that it failed during the check and not during the dive (having to thumb the dive and swim the rig up would've sucked. Although, even with a broken OPV, I'm pretty certain that if I stayed vertical the wing would hold more than enough gas to do its job). I normally only disassemble the OPV and check it every year, but I think I'll be doing it a little more often now.
I saw this down in the special announcements forum and thought I'd post it up here for more exposure. It's important because I had the spring fail on my Eclipse wing a few weeks ago because of the rust issue. Fortunately, it failed during the pre-dive check, so I simply replaced it with a spring from a spare wing and went diving. I think I probably got a little lucky that it failed during the check and not during the dive (having to thumb the dive and swim the rig up would've sucked. Although, even with a broken OPV, I'm pretty certain that if I stayed vertical the wing would hold more than enough gas to do its job). I normally only disassemble the OPV and check it every year, but I think I'll be doing it a little more often now.