If you have to crimp that hose in an emergency, please do so. It will take a lot to crimp it and will ruin the hose's integrity. So please, if you bend/kink it to that point, replace it before you dive that setup again. Please.
Regulator free flow=fix question?
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Brian Robinson
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Thank You for the advice. I definitely will not try a practice run. Do not want to ruin my set-up. Hey, I also live in SW Florida/Cape Coral FL If you are ever planning a trip to the Keys soon , Please let me know, My dive partner and i need all of the practice and good advice we can get. Before, we start diving from his boat by ourselves (just the 2 of us) He has a 46' boat, but we both need much more practice and to develop our skill-sets to the point that we can be safe.
I'm usually planning trips 'out' of the Keys since I live here. If you don't mind a rebreather then let's go.
pepperbelly
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How bad is the freeflow?
We all have a small one now and then when we first submerge. Usually just turning the mouthpiece down stops it.
We all have a small one now and then when we first submerge. Usually just turning the mouthpiece down stops it.
This is a "what if" discussion. But that is a good point: if it's just a trickle, then do nothing but end your dive. They never get 'better' without intervention.
pepperbelly
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A trickle is why I asked how bad it was.
I have had an octo that would trickle then stop when I pointed the mouthpiece down and not flow again.
If it doesn't stop then definitely call the dive immediately.
It just depends on what exactly the OP experienced.
I have also had a trickly from an o-ring. I didn't end the dive but I stayed very aware of it and was ready to call it if it got worse.
I'm not sure I agree with that. The most common cause of freeflow I've seen is debris in the 2nd stage seat. Sometimes a hard purge fixes it. I guess that is intervention.
Caveeagle
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A second stage that tends to free flow could just be adjusted to be overly sensitive. In my case, I have often forgotten to move/adjust the +/- manual adjustment.
Now if you have a hp seat failing on your first stage, and causing elevated IP to blow past the 2nd stage low pressure seat, then nothing (in water) can be done. Time for emergency ascent, or switch to buddy/redundant gas supply etc.
Now if you have a hp seat failing on your first stage, and causing elevated IP to blow past the 2nd stage low pressure seat, then nothing (in water) can be done. Time for emergency ascent, or switch to buddy/redundant gas supply etc.
sealark
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to control a free flow just reach around and shut the valve just enough to let you get a breath of air and slowly terminate the dive and surface. It will still free flow when you breath out but not as much as with a wide open valve. Then get the problem fixed. I have had to do that several times. just don't panic I have even finished a dive with a partially shut valve and free flow. Most times it's a worn HP seat in the first stage.
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