johndiver999
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i'm curious what damage you are referring to?
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The regulator technician asked me if I put the rubber cap on it when rinsing I said not always. He hooked it up to a tank and pressed the purge button and a lot of water cane out as a mist, he said yeah this is the problem water shouldn't be in there that's why I was having free flow problems with it.i'm curious what damage you are referring to?
Ok that explains it...water in there makes it freeflow.The regulator technician asked me if I put the rubber cap on it when rinsing I said not always. He hooked it up to a tank and pressed the purge button and a lot of water cane out as a mist, he said yeah this is the problem water shouldn't be in there that's why I was having free flow problems with it.
He serviced it, I don't recall if the issue was resolved that particular time, but I ultimately stopped using the integrated regulator because of ongoing free flow problems.
???A regulator technician took apart my BCD integrated regulator and showed me how allowing water into it through the inflator port will cause long term damage. Makes perfect sense to me, doing so is no different than dropping an uncapped 2nd stage until a rinse bucket.
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Do you mean uncapped first stage? You want the insides of the second stages to be rinsed.
Do this. In fact, that’s what the manual for my Octo-Z (Zeagle version of the SS1) recommends.The other option is to remove the SS1 which easily unscrews and clean it separately in the regulator tank.
Water running inside the bladder is what this coupler was made for. When you get home, hook it up to your hose and clean it out. Drain it, then hang it up to dry. Unless you are storing where there are a lot of bugs, leaving it open is fine.If I use this method when I go to clean the BCD then I now have an inflator hose line wide open where the SS1 screwed in and water runs inside into the bladder. I has searched to see if I can find a cap that could screw on where the SS1 was but haven’t found anything.
This is where the confusion is coming from. With most brands, the inflator or AIR2, etc. is meant to stay attached to the corrugated. Using the quick disconnect on the airline is a lot easier than removing zip ties.Not understanding where the confusion is coming from. It's ok for water to get inside the regulator mouthpiece and the BCD bladder, the only place you don't want water is inside the port/opening where the low pressure hose connects to, and these regs usually come with a small rubber plug that is permanently attached to the corrugated hose with a rubber ring so it's always right there.