IP creep questions

[LeadTurn_SD]

underwater5:

I think it is great that you bought an IP gauge and started using it.... by doing so, you diagnosed a problem with your reg, and probably "saved" a dive trip. You were able to determine that it was time for service on your reg well before it REALLY got bad and started "behaving badly" (freeflow).

Best wishes.

 

[underwater5]

Thanks LeadTurn.........

my motto is ......knowledge is king.

 

[scubafanatic]

...the older Atomics had a defective 1st-stage piston.....which can be cured with a Jetseat upgrade kit.....I had an IP creep problem with my 'old' B1, which I 'upgraded' during a scheduled servicing one year a while back, which fixed the problem. I don't know if your reg is old enough to have been impacted by this problem......the easy way to tell if it's been upgraded is examine the 1st-stage end cap....the new Atomics have an almost completely closed rubber end cap...the older Atomics have a large open end cap where you can see a large area of chrome exposed at the center of the end cap area.