Wasn't directed at you, mate... you're beyond being a newbie and then some... speaking to the New Guy!
Murphy's Law: Skills, Practice & Real Issues
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Wasn't directed at you, mate... you're beyond being a newbie and then some... speaking to the New Guy!
ucfdiver
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Sounds like pre dive checks and gear servicing would have prevented over half your issues.
Did you wet breathe the reg on the surface?
LiteHedded
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Yea. In the water
PfcAJ
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It was actually my reg, a g250hp. It was apparently tuned with the adjustment knob screwed in, and it would breathed on the surface. I didn't really think much of it, it was just serviced (like a day ago), and we went diving.
Back at 70ft, I deployed the reg and hit the purge button. Nothing happened. Checked the bottle, and it was for sure on. Pressed the purge again, nothing happened. For science, I started breathing it, and it didn't deliver much gas, and had a weird popping feel to it with each breath. Not wanting to deal with that for 20min or whatever the time was, I simply swapped it out with a 2nd stage from a stage bottle I had. The whole thing was very odd.
It wasn't the end of the world, and the good ol' wrench took care of it in the water.
Back at 70ft, I deployed the reg and hit the purge button. Nothing happened. Checked the bottle, and it was for sure on. Pressed the purge again, nothing happened. For science, I started breathing it, and it didn't deliver much gas, and had a weird popping feel to it with each breath. Not wanting to deal with that for 20min or whatever the time was, I simply swapped it out with a 2nd stage from a stage bottle I had. The whole thing was very odd.
It wasn't the end of the world, and the good ol' wrench took care of it in the water.
LiteHedded
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perhaps the dude that serviced that reg would be better off changing my oil or driving zambonis?
Wow! Okay, hope you don't plan on taking your regs back to that guy. One of the reasons I service all my own regs...I want it done right, and if it's not I can only blame myself.
I wouldn't trust him to change my oil. He'd probably forget to put the drain plug back in. I do know someone who got an oil change at a Wal-mart years ago and the dumb ass there forgot to put oil back in. My friend didn't get very far before the engine seized. And then Wal-mart tried to fight having to replace the engine!
I wouldn't trust him to change my oil. He'd probably forget to put the drain plug back in. I do know someone who got an oil change at a Wal-mart years ago and the dumb ass there forgot to put oil back in. My friend didn't get very far before the engine seized. And then Wal-mart tried to fight having to replace the engine!
ucfdiver
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I don't think that employee was necessarily incompetent, but rather was learning at a pace faster than anyone can be expected to (in multiple areas) due to an employee being fired.
LiteHedded
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he's much better now. I'm just busting balls
PfcAJ
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Yeah, I'm not mad at him or anything. He was learning and made a mistake. We've all cocked things up before, even important things. Since that time, he's learned a lot and is much much better.
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