For Al - Below 500 psi pics

[MauiScubaSteve]

Oh you foolish reckless man, boldly boasting of squandering those priceless psi. Anybody rap a ‘NEED VIP’ across your tank back on surface?

Yes, I took a flaming chance with this post, and got no response until I took the gauge photo off the OP! As long as my boss hears me drying my cap after the dive, he does not care about Visual Inspection. Maybe Blesi can tell us how often other Wailea resort operators tanks have water/damage at annual inspection?

 

[Daiika]

helemano, those manta shots looked a bit deep, I thought maybe 60' But 20' no problem. Ah...I will be back in the Islands in 3 weeks. In the mean time, I am looking at snow tomorrow.

Rod

 

[KrisB]

Awesome shots, Steve.

And to all the detractors: Steve is an accomplished instructor, and I have no doubt that sucking that tank dry would not have caused any problem for his long-term safety... except perhaps from the tank's owner. It's worth noting that every gauge I've seen compared against calibrated gauges shows 100-150 psi lower than actual. So... when your gauge reads 500 psi, you probably actually still have 600 left. Don't take my word for this unless you've checked your gauges against a calibrated test-bench gauge, though.

 

[Shaka Doug]

Sometimes you just have to keep diving! I'm a proud member of the 100psi club too. As long as you are in control of everything it's not as bad as it may seem. I'm sure Steve was just fine. Nice shots Bro!

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

Had a student in the pool last night, when he saw he got to 500 pounds he bolted for the shallow end and stood up. I wanted him to do one last skill but I guess he listened to me about ending a dive with 500. I went up and told him it's ok to go a little lower but I appreciated his being so attentive

I've been a tiny bit below 100 a couple of times, on purpose. What the heck, it's vis or hydro time anyway right??? I think I showed 14.7 pounds a time or two

 

[kidspot]

Dare I mention that when I work on the boat (essentially solo diving) I found that my gauge starts to breathe hard at -100 psi ... So I try not to let it get lower than 0 anymore

Have we sufficiently hijacked your thread now Halemano?

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

Have we sufficiently hijacked your thread now Halemano?

:no :no

As stated in the title, this thread was for Al, so this does not feel like a hijack.

Like I said before, the gauge photo was in the OP when I started this thread. After over 14 hours with no reply but 50 views I was seriously concerned. Even after removing the gauge photo, your first post was just under 24 hours after the OP and I was still pretty concerned.

At this point, with the only truly negative reply mostly due to the overcast conditions making the photos look deeper than they are, I am really feeling the O'hana!

The main forum thread that I referenced in the OP (http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ba...need-use-some-500-psi-contigency-reserve.html) Had nearly 5,000 views, well over a hundred replies and was seriously ugly at the end.

Here in the O'hana, I may be pretty far off-shore sometimes (30 minutes straight out by scooter on occasion), but you all surprised me this time with more understanding and honest replies than the whole rest of SB could come up with.

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

But it's ok to go diving again right? I mean we don't need to stop now right????

Here in the O'hana, I may be pretty far off-shore sometimes (30 minutes straight out by scooter on occasion), but you all surprised me this time with more understanding and honest replies than the whole rest of SB could come up with.

Yes this is mostly a reasonable part of scubaboard. I've decided some time back that I would mostly just stay in here or look into the instructor forum rather than put up with all the silliness that goes on here. Then again I'm close to giving up on the instructor forum too, talk about judgemental

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

Yes, by all means, everyone should just go diving more!

 

[Web Monkey]

With just under 600 psi I crossed paths with a pair of manta rays, and one humored me with a slow game of photo tag (dwindling scooter battery). I shot 20 raw ray images with my trusty but slow 5050, the last manta shot ~300 psi.

Well, I hate to say it, but that tank is shot. You'll need to box it up and send it to me for proper disposal.

Terry