Is this possible 3 dives after having equipment serviced????

[Sascha314]

And I want to add: You cannot judge anyonea capability of the work being done properly. Thats why a prfoessional shop are supposed to be trustworthy.
However I may add one argument: She paid for it. And so she had a right to get what she paid for. If someone else fiddles around that cannot be prove n amymore.
I do not think one should accept this. Its not her obligation to pay the shop owner for a comfortable live and then do his work on her own.

 

[Bob DBF]

I can completely understand why the OP would not want anyone unqualified to attempt a repair “on the boat.”

It seems that the trained proffessional that the OP took it to, did no better than an unqualified repair on the boat. And someone unqualified to do the repair on the boat is an assumption.

They could have made the problem worse. Field repairs by amateurs usually do.

I'm an amateur, but I repair all my own gear, and have yet to make that problem worse.

 

[boulderjohn]

It seems that the trained proffessional that the OP took it to, did no better than an unqualified repair on the boat. And someone unqualified to do the repair on the boat is an assumption.

I doubt if you will find anyone on a boat willing to make anything but the most routine repairs on regulators. The threat of liability in case something goes wrong is too great. I described a problem I had earlier related to a service technician who didn't actually do anything. I left out several steps in a very long story. One of them was when I had a shop in Florida look at the regulator when it wasn't working right immediately after that supposed servicing. The guy said his quick look suggested to him that the regulator needed servicing, which baffled me since I had just had it done. He would not do any temporary adjustments for me--it was either do a full servicing (which meant getting in line behind the other regulators being serviced) or nothing. He said flat out it was because of liability.

 

[Lorraine Mooney]

She sounds just like you and all the other adults on your boat that could have fixed your gear
but chose not to at your request, so you could come in here and bleat about your mega saga

So which ever way you choose to structure it, no one fixed your broken dive gear so you lose!

 

[Lorraine Mooney]

She sounds just like you and all the other adults on your boat that could have fixed your gear
but chose not to at your request, so you could come in here and bleat about your mega saga

So which ever way you choose to structure it, no one fixed your broken dive gear so you lose!

Indeed, they could have looked at it, but when I told them about the situation, they thought it best that I took it back to the shop who had ‘serviced’ it, after having done some perfunctory tests on the BCD. I rented one from the boat. I did not « choose » not to let people on the boat try to fix my gear. They didn’t want to do anything other than do a few perfunctory tests.
You seem like a very unpleasant individual, judging by the tone of your reply. Nothing you have written has been of any help whatsoever. I am not an expert in repairing dive technical gear. So, I thought that I was doing the right thing, by taking it for a service. I can imagine you are a bit of a keyboard warrior and doubt very much that you would say the same words to my face. SDS…..

 

[Lorraine Mooney]

I can completely understand why the OP would not want anyone unqualified to attempt a repair “on the boat.”

They could have made the problem worse. Field repairs by amateurs usually do.

Thank you. Some of the replies I have received are pretty derogatory…. next time I have a patient on a ventilator or Haemofiltration device that isn’t working properly, maybe I should just try to fix it myself or get a visitor who has a screwdriver in his pocket to have a bash. I have been slated for taking my gear for a professional service and wondering if it is acceptable to have the same problem occur 3 dives after the service….

 

[Lorraine Mooney]

And I want to add: You cannot judge anyonea capability of the work being done properly. Thats why a prfoessional shop are supposed to be trustworthy.
However I may add one argument: She paid for it. And so she had a right to get what she paid for. If someone else fiddles around that cannot be prove n amymore.
I do not think one should accept this. Its not her obligation to pay the shop owner for a comfortable live and then do his work on her own.

Thank you. Indeed, I paid for a professional job to be done.

 

[Lorraine Mooney]

I doubt if you will find anyone on a boat willing to make anything but the most routine repairs on regulators. The threat of liability in case something goes wrong is too great. I described a problem I had earlier related to a service technician who didn't actually do anything. I left out several steps in a very long story. One of them was when I had a shop in Florida look at the regulator when it wasn't working right immediately after that supposed servicing. The guy said his quick look suggested to him that the regulator needed servicing, which baffled me since I had just had it done. He would not do any temporary adjustments for me--it was either do a full servicing (which meant getting in line behind the other regulators being serviced) or nothing. He said flat out it was because of liability.

Exactly. Yet, I have been slated by some of the replies……

 

[Lorraine Mooney]

It seems that the trained proffessional that the OP took it to, did no better than an unqualified repair on the boat. And someone unqualified to do the repair on the boat is an assumption.



I'm an amateur, but I repair all my own gear, and have yet to make that problem worse.

Good for you. I did not have the tools, nor skills. None of the professionals were willing to do more than a perfunctory few checks. My original question was not regarding how to fix a problem, rather I was asking if it was acceptable that the same problem should occur post professional, paid for service.

 

[Bob DBF]

My original question was not regarding how to fix a problem, rather I was asking if it was acceptable that the same problem should occur post professional, paid for service.

It is never acceptable to pay for a service that was not performed. Did their itemized bill include the inflator service?