This is the reason dip tubes are required on valves.
You have to get a buildup of more than 3" material/water before the valve inlet is blocked.
What if there's something wrong with the dip tube?
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This is the reason dip tubes are required on valves.
You have to get a buildup of more than 3" material/water before the valve inlet is blocked.
Did they try to breathe on either second at the surface?I don’t have more information than below:
The OOA diver is still in the hospital today as this happened less than 24h ago: he’s fine but they wanted to keep him under observation. I guess he will give his set to be checked at some point this week, if I get more info I’ll post it here.
- Apparently the set is new including the hoses
- At the surface the SPG showed 135 bar
- At the surface he could breathe from the regs
- He didn’t try to breathe from his octo when he ran OOA but he couldn’t suck any air from his primary
- There was no free flow
- At the surface, they checked the valve and it was open (my first guess was that it was maybe half closed)
Sorry I should clarify, they could breathe from the regs after the incident, once at the surface. I edited my previous post to clarify.Did they try to breathe on either second at the surface?
and was he using miflex hoses?
Not much to go wrong short of getting plugged by excessive material in the tank.What if there's something wrong with the dip tube?