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    Anyone know what Galileo Sol "Service Mode Error 32" is?

    I had the same thing. Called Scubapro support. 1. This error is related to reset that is related to battery 2. Pulled the battery, put it back in, problem appears to be solved. I asked if there are any reasons why this has happened. No specific information other than "just monitor this for the...
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    Buy the drysuit or take the class first?

    Have you actually try diving cold water? I have dry cert and once I've gone through some dives in NJ, I realized that cold diving is simply not for me. My personal discovery was that the amount of prep work, added weight, and expense needed to go dry (as compared to wet / no suit) is more hassle...
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    Washing BCD's bladder from the inside

    If you use dump valve, two things happen: 1) air comes out 2) a bit of water comes in. What I learned to do is to (if on vacations) rinse my gear with fresh water, stick it in the pool, pull the dump valve and manually pull the bladder a bit apart. Some pool water gets inside, I drain it right...
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    A silly question about AOW

    1) If you want to learn good buoyancy control go dry it will be a bit harder for you than others, drysuits are more involved, but you will appreciate it when you go diving in 3mm or no suit -- if you can learn to control dry suit, the rest is easy. 2) Rent the suit, dont buy (a good dry suit is...
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    New Diver!

    Welcome to the money sink hobby. The only worse thing is gambling and owning a boat....
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    A little extra weight in the beginning.

    My AOW instructor insisted we put on extra weight for "safety"... I already posted in another thread how useless that class (and instructor) was. One thing that I found books dont teach you well about (though a lot could be inferred) is wetsuit / drysuit and depth. Suits compress with...
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    How do you choose a dive shop for Open Water certification?

    +1 for many advices to choose an instructor, not the shop. If I had to redo my certs, I would find a dive shop that looks respectable, find out their standards, and .... wait for someone who is a customer of theirs and ask them in the parking lot what they think. Here is why: My OW cert was...
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    Quick Nitrox Question

    The analyzer is less for you to validate shop's analyzer tech but more to avoid tank mix up and mislabeling. If a shop is well maintained, chances are their blenders will have much more dependable (and expensive) technology than what you can get fitted in your bag. Labeling and attention to who...
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    Dumb AOW question

    My AOW cert had viz of about 10'.... 4 -5 kicks and you were so in the blue you had to actually rely on compass and depth gauge to get you back. Interestingly, I remember, our instructor actually lost half of his group on the way back on the next 'wreck' dive..... I remember thumbing up to 3...
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    Weight only on back

    There are a couple of things here: Unless in an overhead environment you should have quick release weight that you could drop to get positive in an emergency. Or it might be a problem with their technique... Weights up front will make it easier to maintain trim while under and a bit harder to...
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    Accepting Responsibility for Your Own Safety

    That seems to be MO for a very large number of dive shops... they need the cash, and if people are not sure they will get their cert, they wont want to go there... sad, but true... people are too trained on "instant gratification". I got horror stories about my LDS, but that is for another thread.
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    How many calories does diving burn?

    Not many in my experience since the vast majority of divers I have seen are bent out of shape :)
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    Accepting Responsibility for Your Own Safety

    One of the major differences is ability to navigate successfully. In my mind, safety comes in two flavors: 1) DCS type of safety -- that would be you monitoring your depth, air, NDL if applicable etc... 2) Ability to get back to the boat, and especially so if drift diving. I expect ALL...
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    pink!

    Good job on pink! -- maybe this will convince my wife to try diving.... and ouch, ... and anti scuba pro people on this board were telling me SP's stuff is overpriced :)
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    Scary OW certification weekend

    When you went deeper to catch the egg, and came back up when you realized you are too deep... did you forget to breathe out? This sounds like lung overexpension injury... go get it checked. ---------- Post Merged at 08:38 AM ---------- Previous Post was at 08:36 AM ---------- PADI air turn...
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    1st un-supervised dive today. Had a good time. Used a lot of air :)

    Poor viz, bus, hellicopter.... did you dive Dutch Springs ? Good job on an unsupervised dive, everyone need to experience that :) me... I made myself a promise, I will never, ever, ... ever... subject myself to Dutch Springs again.
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    Got my card.

    Good job. On the book topic -- I remember I asked the instructor why the books are "dumbed down" I didn't consider they were written for 10 year olds with 0 knowledge of physics :) The fact that you dove in an area where sediment was an issue is actually good. My OW was done in a clear 50 ft...
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    Need a new computer

    If you can find used Galileo luna, it does multiple gasses and trimix; 500 is a bit low for it, but who knows, you might be able to dig something out. Overall if you want to save money, you could go used computer route and get a warranty for it from some place like square trade. I'm not going to...
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    Worst instructor ever, please help.

    That is why God provided us with credit cards. Cancelled charges bring in bank investigating the situation, any investigation is not something the instructor of that quality would want to have
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    Tell Dive Store Owners How You Feel

    I'm with you on usability of air 2. My only beef with it is the shortness of the hose, you pretty much have to face left if you are breathing out of it. On the other hand, if you are using it, that means the dive is done with and you are going up. full disclosure: I do have air 2 as a part of...
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