Gear for Nitrox Diving

[projekts]

I have a set of reg which i had been using for diving with normal air, and had just been serviced 8 months ago, and did another 20 more dives with it.
Going to take up enriched air certification and would like to know if i need to send my existing gear for servicing.
Anyone had the answer?
Thanks in advanced

 

[farsidefan1]

I can't think of a single reason to have your gear reserviced after 8 months and 20 dives, wait, if it was stored with a big hairy spider (hairy part is ad lib) that put a web over the insides of your reg and laid a bunch of eggs that will turn into poison spiders waiting to inhaled when you go diving... nah, I still can't think of a reason to get it reserviced. Actually one of the points of likely failure is right after a servicing. Technicians sometimes make mistakes. You should breathe it before you actually go diving after servicing just to make sure nothing went back together backwords. Regs are pretty bulletproof but not immune to stupid human tricks.

 

[projekts]

what i was trying to ask is, should i get my existing reg serviced or cleaned before i used it for nitrox?
does it make any diff?

 

[Simon-]

It should only need specific servicing/cleaning if you will be using it with more than 40% oxygen. Above that, all the equipment coming into contact with oxygen needs to be O2 clean.

40% and below is fine

 

[Tortuga68]

The short answer is No

 

[stairman]

They will be fine. The tank does need to be 02 cleaned for shops that partial fill with 100% o2, and then top it off with air.

 

[DevonDiver]

what i was trying to ask is, should i get my existing reg serviced or cleaned before i used it for nitrox? does it make any diff?

As others have said, you don't need any special service on a regulator that will be in contact with less than 40% O2 (which is the recreational diving maximum %).


(Edited because I didn't read the OP's post properly)

 

[Tortuga68]

Going to take up enriched air certification

I assume that means he hasn't done the course yet

 

[Jim Lapenta]

If you are doing the course with the shop that serviced it and they tell you it needs to be redone ask them what they did wrong to it then. For recreational mixes up to 40% there is nothing that needs to be done to a recently serviced reg unless they screwed up. Badly.

 

[turnerjd]

Which class are you taking?

If you are doing the PADI class, then there are no dives to do, just read the book, do the exam and play with a computer and analyser for an evening.

During the class you will learn all about the equipment etc.. As others have said, your reg should be OK for upto 40% O2, however, this depends upon the manufacturers recommendation. There are (were?) some regs that the manufacturer does not recommend that you use them for >21% O2.

Don't sweat it. There should be no problems, you aren't here in mainland Europe where they insist on seperate regs / tanks WITH A SPECIAL FITTING (like DIN, but bigger, M26 x 2) before you can have the evil devils gas that is Nitrox. [note sarcasm]

Jon