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good ole @Marie 13
Stated:
Through the generosity of a fellow SB-er, I was given an older model Dive Rite Rec wing for my “let’s try doubles” project this winter. It was used in salt water and hadn’t been dived in a while.
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It was the late great Harry Recigno (Reo cin O) the founder or Sea Tec -Inflatable Systems who designed developed and first marketed the first US power inflator along with the concept if the double inflation bag and the Manta which many of the current designs are based.
The late Ron Merker (@drbills basic instructor in 1969 ) and I were consultants to Harrys companies ,we tested every proto type-(test dove) and evaluated the units--As Harry often stated "We could create 5 years of diving wear on a unit in 30 days of diving and evaluating "
It was during one of the meetings which I had proposed a number of changes to a new product - To which Harry replied " There are only a few divers in this world --I designed this for people who dive - not Divers" so true!
The very worst inflatable unit I ever test dove was designed Ed Brawley (recall him?) but produced under contract by Inflatable Systems -- it was the " Brawley Pillow "
One problem was small reoccurring holes that often with out warning appeared suddenly in the inflation bags. It was discovered that the culprit was salt crystals
After considerable experimentation by design and a certain amount of serendipitous luck that we discovered that a liberal amount of "Dawn" soap poured into the inflator bag system which was filled with water and allowed to soak for a day would dissolve the salt crystals.
For a number of years this was a standard maintenance procedure accepted by all companies-- I suspect with the passage of time and new kids in the drives seat it has been forgotten.
Good ole @Marie13 I would suggest that you follow the Dawn soap cleansing procedure prior to using your unit since it had been used in SALT water.
I would also suggest that you adhere to what once was the community standard and inflate your unit and keep it inflated for at least 12 or more hours concurrently checking for leaks (while the snow piles up in Chicago)
While inflated I would also suggest that you weight it down with a weight belt to check for possible leakage
I would also suggest that you google Harry Rescigno -- His obituary is in the Legends of Diving and also in the board Passing thread
Sam Miller, 111
@Akimbo
@Schwob
@rhwestfall FYI dive history -- the way it was
Stated:
Through the generosity of a fellow SB-er, I was given an older model Dive Rite Rec wing for my “let’s try doubles” project this winter. It was used in salt water and hadn’t been dived in a while.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was the late great Harry Recigno (Reo cin O) the founder or Sea Tec -Inflatable Systems who designed developed and first marketed the first US power inflator along with the concept if the double inflation bag and the Manta which many of the current designs are based.
The late Ron Merker (@drbills basic instructor in 1969 ) and I were consultants to Harrys companies ,we tested every proto type-(test dove) and evaluated the units--As Harry often stated "We could create 5 years of diving wear on a unit in 30 days of diving and evaluating "
It was during one of the meetings which I had proposed a number of changes to a new product - To which Harry replied " There are only a few divers in this world --I designed this for people who dive - not Divers" so true!
The very worst inflatable unit I ever test dove was designed Ed Brawley (recall him?) but produced under contract by Inflatable Systems -- it was the " Brawley Pillow "
One problem was small reoccurring holes that often with out warning appeared suddenly in the inflation bags. It was discovered that the culprit was salt crystals
After considerable experimentation by design and a certain amount of serendipitous luck that we discovered that a liberal amount of "Dawn" soap poured into the inflator bag system which was filled with water and allowed to soak for a day would dissolve the salt crystals.
For a number of years this was a standard maintenance procedure accepted by all companies-- I suspect with the passage of time and new kids in the drives seat it has been forgotten.
Good ole @Marie13 I would suggest that you follow the Dawn soap cleansing procedure prior to using your unit since it had been used in SALT water.
I would also suggest that you adhere to what once was the community standard and inflate your unit and keep it inflated for at least 12 or more hours concurrently checking for leaks (while the snow piles up in Chicago)
While inflated I would also suggest that you weight it down with a weight belt to check for possible leakage
I would also suggest that you google Harry Rescigno -- His obituary is in the Legends of Diving and also in the board Passing thread
Sam Miller, 111
@Akimbo
@Schwob
@rhwestfall FYI dive history -- the way it was