How much will it cost to service myself my regs ?

[Darghu]

Hello.

I am curious to know which kind of products I will need to buy to service myself my regs ?
Right now average price is around 80-100$ for a complet set - I do plan to dive soon Doubles and Sidemount who will be around 200 $ max for a Twin set /100dives or 1year. 5 years it will be close to 1 000 $ in servicing my regs.

What kind of ultrasound cleaner do you use ?
Which tools do you have ?
Where do you buy parts for Scubapro / Apeks regs ?
Apeks : scubaspares
1rstStage Kit : 28 € Apeks 1. Stage Kit - Deepstop GmbH
2ndStage Kit : 13 € Apeks 2. Stage Kit - Deepstop GmbH

Kit repair should be hard to found or do there are any good online store ?

Is it a good deal to service myself or still better to let a tech doing it ?

Thanks

 

[Bierstadt]

I don't know the answer, but I do know that the answer will depend partly on the specific regs you want to service.

 

[buddhasummer]

It wouldnt cost that much as very rarely do regs need servicing annually provided you take reasonable care of them.mostctools are not needed or have work arounds, finding a reliable source of kits can be a problem.

 

[Darghu]

I have found 3 stores who can sell parts (Apeks Tek3 regs example)
scubaspares --- cheap
Atemregler Apeks 1. Stufe TEK3 Zeichnung | Online Shop | W+S Water Safety Europe GmbH | Seit 1999 --- not cheap x2
http://www.scubasupport.nl --- some specific parts are cheaper

I made that quickly
http://prntscr.com/fr1i68

I wonder if it will not be better to buy multiples O-rings and other parts and build/seal separate Service Kit (at least we know how many O-rings are included into a Service Kit). Not sure if they are correct I must maybe only check for specific regs but I made that :

http://prntscr.com/fr2fud

 

[SecT]

www.frogkick.dk - /links/kits.asp

A link that I found that may help to find other shops..

 

[Darghu]

I found that :
O-Ring Kit 1000 - Deepstop GmbH
Deepstop O-Ringkit - Deepstop GmbH
Amazon.com : Scuba O-Ring Kit for the Prepared Diver : Diving Regulator Accessories : Sports & Outdoors

But don't need 1000 O'rings but it reduces 1 O-ring for 0,08 € at that price a Service Kit will cost nothing except 79 € (it's the price of a 1x Servicing)

I found also O-rings size chart
https://www.frogkick.nl/files/apeks_o-ring_specificaties.pdf
USA AS568 O-Ring Size Chart | AS568 Spec O-Ring Parker Sizes

Using those 2 docs I am not able to get a Size for it...

 

[admikar]

My LDS will sell Apeks service kits to you if you're certified tech, don't know prices though.

 

[Darghu]

I'm not certified tech but if such course exist in Europe I'm on. If you need to be a dive shop owner I'm afraid I can't.

 

[admikar]

I'm not certified yet, waiting on course through my LDS. Anyone can attend, no affiliation with shop needed.

 

[Diver0001]

I have serviced my own regs in the past but I get them done by an experienced tech these days. My thinking is that if I do 3 or 4 regs a year I'm never going to be as good at it as someone who does 100 regs a year.

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