Jesus-fish
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So I picked up my tanks after having a visual inspection done. I then went home to pick up my wife and load up the rest of the gear. After driving four hours to the dive site, I straped on my tank, put the regs on, and cracked open the valve. There was no air in the tank.....was the valve bumped open during loading or along the drive????? .....Ohh Maybe it has something to do with the string that is hanging out of the tank from under the valve. There was about a one inch long piece of string hanging out between the valve and the tank. They tied a tag with my name on it to the valve when I dropped the tanks off. Apparently when they put the valve back on the string from the tag was hanging down and fell half way into the tank. I was pretty upset, It would have been more upsetting if I didn't bring an extra tank.
I now know to take a better look at my tanks after inspections.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Could this have been a serious problem if it had presure and I actually got into the water?
Could the part of the string that was in the tank, block the air from coming out of the valve and basicly cause me to have no air half way through the dive?
Any thoughts or suggestions?
I now know to take a better look at my tanks after inspections.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Could this have been a serious problem if it had presure and I actually got into the water?
Could the part of the string that was in the tank, block the air from coming out of the valve and basicly cause me to have no air half way through the dive?
Any thoughts or suggestions?