Exceeding Regulator depth rating

[martzak]

All of the regulators I own, namely aeris atmos, oceanic CDX5, are CE certified to 165ft depth. I would like to take the TDI extended range diver course which will require going down to 180ft. Does this mean I'll need new regulators?
What would happen if I took the regulators mentioned above to 180ft and beyond that depth?

 

[Jimmer]

No you dont need new regs, and nothing will happen when you take them deep.

 

[Luis H]

All of the regulators I own, namely aeris atmos, oceanic CDX5, are CE certified to 165ft depth. I would like to take the TDI extended range diver course which will require going down to 180ft. Does this mean I'll need new regulators?
What would happen if I took the regulators mentioned above to 180ft and beyond that depth?

You will be immediately jettisoned into the 9th ring of hell where you will be lodged in the ice with Satan as described by Dante in the Inferno...or maybe nothing will happen.




Note: some of the text has been recycled from someone else's post in another board.

 

[4sak3n]

All of the regulators I own, namely aeris atmos, oceanic CDX5, are CE certified to 165ft depth. I would like to take the TDI extended range diver course which will require going down to 180ft. Does this mean I'll need new regulators?
What would happen if I took the regulators mentioned above to 180ft and beyond that depth?

The key part is the part which I bolded. All that means is that the regulator has been shown to meet CE standards under testing conditions.

It doesn't mean that it won't work deeper or that it will breathe badly deeper ... only that Aeris, Atmos and Oceanic haven't forked over loads and loads of cash (and we are talking about LOTS of money here) to get their regulator certified to CE standards deeper than that because it wouldn't be cost effective to do that just to increase sales. Or perhaps you don't even get CE standards for those depths.

 

[martzak]

You will be immediately jettisoned into the 9th ring of hell where you will be lodged in the ice with Satan as described by Dante in the Inferno...or maybe nothing will happen.




Note: some of the text has been recycled from someone else's post in another board.

NICE...and I thought the regulator was going to self-destruct; silly me.
Thank you all for chiming in. Works for me, I'm signing up for TDI extended range diver class next season.

 

[nwdiver2]

It’s a liability issue they have to pick a number, I think it is done out of a hat I have had ancient regs below 300ft, they were well care for though.

 

[sphillips3]

Generally dives to the depths you are considering involve adding helium to the breathing mix. The conventional wisdom is that the helium thins out the mix and improves the overall performance of any regulator.

 

[beanojones]

Generally dives to the depths you are considering involve adding helium to the breathing mix.

This is something I have heard said here a lot. Can you expand on that? What depths are the courses crossing people over at now?

 

[Jimmer]

This is something I have heard said here a lot. Can you expand on that? What depths are the courses crossing people over at now?

I'm taking my tech training under NAUI, and they are adding helium once you pass 130 feet. GUE is adding it sooner than that.

 

[beanojones]

I'm taking my tech training under NAUI, and they are adding helium once you pass 130 feet. GUE is adding it sooner than that.

That is something. NAUI used to give you air tables that went to 240 feet. And now they are pushing helium for 140?