Regulator catastrophe on New Year dive

[L13]

Did a side mount dive yesterday, and one of my G260's was breathing really wet. after a few basic attempts to fix it, I decided to fix it after the dive, and finished the dive with it in my mouth. My thought process was to save the gas on the good reg so if SHTF I would have lots of gas on the reg that I could breath hard from. I probably should have called the dive right then, but it was a relatively easy dive, and I had a ton of gas on me. Just as I surfaced, the regulator fell out of my mouth leaving the mouthpiece behind. This is what I saw:

I've been planning to service this regulator myself, and have the kit. But now I need a new body. Any ideas how much it costs, and where to get it?

 

[BoltSnap]

Any idea what/why happened for that piece to break?

 

[L13]

Any idea what/why happened for that piece to break?

No. I don't remember any particular rough handling, but there must have been some. I doubt it was random. What surprised me as much as anything was that it was the lower side that was broken, not the more exposed upper side.

 

[buddhasummer]

Did a side mount dive yesterday, and one of my G260's was breathing really wet. after a few basic attempts to fix it, I decided to fix it after the dive, and finished the dive with it in my mouth. My thought process was to save the gas on the good reg so if SHTF I would have lots of gas on the reg that I could breath hard from. I probably should have called the dive right then, but it was a relatively easy dive, and I had a ton of gas on me. Just as I surfaced, the regulator fell out of my mouth leaving the mouthpiece behind. This is what I saw:

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I've been planning to service this regulator myself, and have the kit. But now I need a new body. Any ideas how much it costs, and where to get it?

 

[buddhasummer]

If you have no joy locally, let me know, I'll get you one. IIRC they are not heart stoppingly expensive.

 

[buddhasummer]

I wanna say around $30 (?)

 

[BoltSnap]

What surprised me as much as anything was that it was the lower side that was broken, not the more exposed upper side.

Yes, that appeared very odd to me.

Maybe worth reporting to SP just in case they have seen it before and would have a guess on what caused it.

 

[L13]

Yes, that appeared very odd to me.

Maybe worth reporting to SP just in case they have seen it before and would have a guess on what caused it.

I plan on taking it to my LDS that sold it to me, and seeing what they say. Not sure how to report it directly to SP.

 

[L13]

I wanna say around $30 (?)

That is a lot less than I feared!

 

[buddhasummer]

Your LDS will need to contact SP on your behalf.

Subscribed.

Interested how this pans out.