So a long term use issue...
I sprung a leak last dive. Not much and the camera is fine but it was probably 20ml of water.
Obviously it was time to do some maintenance so I started with the body. I went in thinking it was going to be the trigger since that gets the most use. It wasn’t. All the buttons and dial seals were clean. Relubricated the seals and reassembled. I did notice some crud around the plug for the surf grip at the bottom. Took that out and it was horrid. Really had to clean the crap off the plug and from the threads, lubed and reassembled.
Vacuum test went green but failed failed after a few minutes. I remembered the eyepiece had been shown some condensation at some point. I took that apart, cleaned and lubricated, reassembled.
I’m past fifteen minutes into another vacuum test and green light is still blinking. Got it!
Lesson learned... that bottom plug needs to come out every so often for a clean and lube.
I sprung a leak last dive. Not much and the camera is fine but it was probably 20ml of water.
Obviously it was time to do some maintenance so I started with the body. I went in thinking it was going to be the trigger since that gets the most use. It wasn’t. All the buttons and dial seals were clean. Relubricated the seals and reassembled. I did notice some crud around the plug for the surf grip at the bottom. Took that out and it was horrid. Really had to clean the crap off the plug and from the threads, lubed and reassembled.
Vacuum test went green but failed failed after a few minutes. I remembered the eyepiece had been shown some condensation at some point. I took that apart, cleaned and lubricated, reassembled.
I’m past fifteen minutes into another vacuum test and green light is still blinking. Got it!
Lesson learned... that bottom plug needs to come out every so often for a clean and lube.