MSilvia
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Do You Service Your Own Regs?
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I just noticed that diveinn has service kits for S600/S550/G500/G250hp available for $9.00 each. This is the one I have had the most trouble finding. They had a number of other but, unfortunately, not for the Mk20/Mk25. I just thought some of you might be hunting for this one. And you won't believe their price on the Mk20/S600 - under $300.00.
deepocean
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Well everyone did vote so i did it too
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Marlinspike
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I am not comfortable servicing my own regs yet but would really like to learn so I dont have to depend on LDS that has a turn around time of about 2 to 3 weeks.
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Strick
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Yes, I service my own reg. I work in a LDS and received the proper training from the manufacturer of my Reg. I have had bad experiences with others with my reg so I worked my way into being trained and a part time job. I know my reg is cleaned and serviced properly now.
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Newton,
While I'm a newbie, I would definitely purchase the instruction manuals, cleaners, tool, and kits to do my own. I agree with Newton - I can do my own oil changes, and used to make arrows for archery and reload ammo for my handguns. I'd trust MY own handgun ammo with MY life - and I did exactly that as an armed armor truck guard!
If a guy can do that, he sure can learn how to fix regs WITH the proper tools and instructional materials.
As Newton said, "I sure trust my own two hands than someone I don't know to work on MY life support gear."
Ask a skydiver if he allows anyone other than himself to pack his chute (unless he's a newbie). Doubt it.
I trust that the effort I put into studying and researching my repair materials will pay big dividends in the end.
If I screw up - its MY butt!
PS While I am not advocating that ANYONE attempt to do so without the proper instructional materials and tools, I DO think someone mechanically inclined CAN learn to do so - if he/she just applies themselves.
While I'm a newbie, I would definitely purchase the instruction manuals, cleaners, tool, and kits to do my own. I agree with Newton - I can do my own oil changes, and used to make arrows for archery and reload ammo for my handguns. I'd trust MY own handgun ammo with MY life - and I did exactly that as an armed armor truck guard!
If a guy can do that, he sure can learn how to fix regs WITH the proper tools and instructional materials.
As Newton said, "I sure trust my own two hands than someone I don't know to work on MY life support gear."
Ask a skydiver if he allows anyone other than himself to pack his chute (unless he's a newbie). Doubt it.
I trust that the effort I put into studying and researching my repair materials will pay big dividends in the end.
If I screw up - its MY butt!
PS While I am not advocating that ANYONE attempt to do so without the proper instructional materials and tools, I DO think someone mechanically inclined CAN learn to do so - if he/she just applies themselves.
techdiver2us
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Found a good shop that always gets my Poseidon's right. Wouldn't take a chance doing it myself. I do reg work at firehouse and know how touchy those 2nd stages can be.
SCUBA is the only industry that I know of where the get away with restricting the sale of parts and dictating who can service a reg and who can't. I am a reg tech but I have to buy a dealership with a company in order to be authorized to do the service. Not that being authorized is such a big deal except thats the only way to get lagit access to parts and manuals.
Someday I will sell or close my shop and I will no longer be a dealer for anyone but NOBODY else will EVER touch my regs!
Someday I will sell or close my shop and I will no longer be a dealer for anyone but NOBODY else will EVER touch my regs!
jeffsterinsf
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Simple Green has been found to be corrosive to surfaces and should, IMHO NEVER, be used to clean any components where surface finish and integrity is important. Garage floors, yes, regulators, please NO!
From:
http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/mech/issues/octdec00/LettersToEd.htm
Dear Editor:
The cleaning liquid, Simple Green, should not be used to clean aluminum equipment or parts because it is highly corrosive.
According to an article at avweb, a 3.5 gram aluminum alloy sample was immersed into a container of Simple Green. After one week, the sample was 295 milligrams lighter. The article further states that the Air Force issued a statement not to use Simple Green on Air Force equipment containing aluminum.
Thought you Navy folks would like to have this information.
MSgt. Larry Stulz
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
We appreciate your information about Simple Green. Lt. David Mims, head of the Occupational and Environmental Health Division here at the Safety Center, researched the Simple Green situation. He found that the Naval Air Warfare Center (NavAir) disapproved of the use of Simple Green for naval aviation in 1993. They have a documented incident of crazing of an F-18 canopy following the unauthorized use of Simple Green. According to an official at NAVAIR, they have tested the product at least three times since 1989. Simple Green fails sandwich corrosion and total immersion-corrosion tests for aluminum. That official also said that NAVAIR recommended that commands remove Simple Green from their spaces. It's just too easy for someone who's told to clean something to grab a bottle of Simple Green off the shelf and use it on an airplane or equipment made of aluminum.-Ed.
This letter to the editor was written to ASHORE, but it is relevant to MECH readers also. - ED
Lost Yooper
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Guess ya'll better not leave simple green in your AL tanks for a week, eh 
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Mike
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