TN-Steve
Contributor
I had my first ever gear failure this weekend. I had noticed in Curacao that the inflate button on my power inflator was feeling a bit "stiff", but it didn't really register. Get home, clean gear, back of mind I'm thinking "There was something I wanted to check out.... ah... I'll remember it sooner or later".
Jump to this weekend at the quarry. About 50 feet or so, went to put just a quick "Pssst" of air into the bc. All of a sudden the button is jammed open. I exhaled all I had in my lungs, held the deflate button down, pulled the hose to activate the dump valve and then disconnected the LP Inflator hose.
Manual inflated it for a while, but since it was just a fun dive I decided that was too much like work, called it a day.
The thing that surprised me was just how fast it drained off about 1000 PSI from the tank.
New LP Inflator assembly is on order.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Steve
Jump to this weekend at the quarry. About 50 feet or so, went to put just a quick "Pssst" of air into the bc. All of a sudden the button is jammed open. I exhaled all I had in my lungs, held the deflate button down, pulled the hose to activate the dump valve and then disconnected the LP Inflator hose.
Manual inflated it for a while, but since it was just a fun dive I decided that was too much like work, called it a day.
The thing that surprised me was just how fast it drained off about 1000 PSI from the tank.
New LP Inflator assembly is on order.
Steve