After diving yesterday when I was cleaning my gear, I noticed that my BCD had an abnormal amount of water inside of it. I'm a fairly new diver, about 15 dives under my belt. This has never happened before, I've only had the BCD about 2 months. I'm curious what could be the cause of this?
BCD Question/Concern?
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usfice6:
Trying to vent air out of it when its empty. Its very common to have water in the BC. Just be sure to rinse it very well inside and out when diving saltwater. And watch your venting a little more closely
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Karen Dancheck
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Your bc will take in a little bit of water. You will want to rinse your bc after diving. Press the delfate button on your bc while running fresh water into it. Slosh the water around and turn the bc upsidown and press the delfate button to drain it. (Point the hose towards the ground) Do that about 3 times. You will want to dry it upsidown with it partially inflated.
Karen
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rcohn
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Sounds like you may now have your weight at a reaonable level. Overweighted divers get little water in their BCs.
Ralpoh
Ralpoh
To add to the maintenance aspect of this I always add BC Life to the bladder. It helps dissolve any salt crystals that form. You just squeeze a few drops of it in the inflator mechanism.
I didnt see a reason why the water gets in there... So may I spread some light on the subject: What happens is a reverse vacuum effect. When you try to release air from the bladder and the pressure is less than the pressure of the depth of water you are in, water will seep in, trying to equalize that pressure differnce. I know this was more information than you wanted to know---
But I asked a why that happened a few years ago, I asked a rep from Halcyon why my closed circuit lift bag always filled up with water after deploying it and the answer was basically the same, except that the pressure at the top of the bag was different than the pressure at the bottom of the bag, so it creates a vacuum and sucks in water.
I didnt see a reason why the water gets in there... So may I spread some light on the subject: What happens is a reverse vacuum effect. When you try to release air from the bladder and the pressure is less than the pressure of the depth of water you are in, water will seep in, trying to equalize that pressure differnce. I know this was more information than you wanted to know---
But I asked a why that happened a few years ago, I asked a rep from Halcyon why my closed circuit lift bag always filled up with water after deploying it and the answer was basically the same, except that the pressure at the top of the bag was different than the pressure at the bottom of the bag, so it creates a vacuum and sucks in water.
