Forgot to hook up inflator - near miss

[Degenerate]

you

you must be on a very tight margins

Haha, not really.
Just feel like that gas can be better spent elsewhere

Also, usual dive center here charges the equivalent of 25usd for a fill on double tanks so every liter counts
Don't fill there unless I absolutely have to, but sometimes there's not much choice...

 

[rhwestfall]

and, if he couldn't stay on surface: dump weights?

 

[rjack321]

Haha, not really.
Just feel like that gas can be better spent elsewhere

Also, usual dive center here charges the equivalent of 25usd for a fill on double tanks so every liter counts
Don't fill there unless I absolutely have to, but sometimes there's not much choice...

Are you seriously so cheap that putting ~4L of gas in your wing at the start of the dive is hardship?
That's 0.15cf
0.075 PERCENT of double 100s
<3psi off your gauge
Me thinks you are going to have many "near miss" posts with this kind of attitude.

 

[Degenerate]

Are you seriously so cheap that putting ~4L of gas in your wing at the start of the dive is hardship?
That's 0.15cf
0.075 PERCENT of double 100s
<3psi off your gauge
Me thinks you are going to have many "near miss" posts with this kind of attitude.

Of course not, it was a joke.
I like making a habit of manually inflating, it has nothing to do with saving money, that would be absurd

 

[scrane]

Are you seriously so cheap that putting ~4L of gas in your wing at the start of the dive is hardship?
That's 0.15cf
0.075 PERCENT of double 100s
<3psi off your gauge
Me thinks you are going to have many "near miss" posts with this kind of attitude.

I also orally inflate my BC before jumping. Just to keep in practice.

 

[Degenerate]

I also orally inflate my BC before jumping. Just to keep in practice.

Exactly this, it's about practicing and making it a habit.
If the day comes when you actually need it (like the OP) you'll be happy that it's a natural habit.

 

[dlofting]

Just for practice you and your buddy should do your next dive using oral BC inflation only....leave your inflator hose connected "just in case".

 

[homerdoc]

I actually really like that idea. Oral inflate as a standard. I think I would hit the button, just to make sure it is working then finish it off orally. (that didn't sound quite right, but you know what I mean).

I have been thinking about things to keep my girls focused when they dive, they, and probably me, are in the range where you get really comfortable and make a mistake.

JJ

 

[formernuke]

I also orally inflate my BC before jumping. Just to keep in practice.

Yup, pre dive checks breath from primary and secondary regs, hit inflation button briefly to insure works, hit deflate check pressure gauge to insure operating gear up right before entering water oral inflate to pratice and insure operation.

I was doing pool drills the other day and my inflator stuck open inflating my wing. Had it been a real dive, dive over instead disconnecting my inflator and doing oral inflate under water got added to my drills.

 

[johndiver999]

A diver who is panicked at the surface should (if possible) be kept at the surface.

"Keep your regulator in your mouth and establish positive buoyancy" should be repeated for dozens of repetitions in a scuba class, if the instructor is good.

That is really of over-riding importance for a diver who is at all stressed or struggling.

A rescue diver should make himself positive quickly and then should be able to provide some support. Once that is done, I would have either ditched the victims's lead or orally inflated their BC. Deciding to go back down a few feet so that the hose could be re-connected is not something I would contemplate in a situation where the victim is exhibiting any stress.

Great to hear the emergency was addressed before it escalated further.