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.
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