Hello everybody,
My generic (there is OXYGEN written where other SPGs show their brand) 2" / 52cm brass SPG shows about 30bars less than the actual pressure. Around 170 bars with full tank (200 real bars) and around 30 bars with tank at 60bars. Is it a write off or??? I plan to remove it from the hose and inspect the pin hole, spool etc, but what else can be done?
It is roughly 2 years old (~200 dives) and one year (~100 dives) since last spool o-ring replacement/inspection. Relatively well taken care of (rinsed after every dive day, hasn't been dropped/ banged etc- at least not too much).
It was working fine up to few dives ago. Then I noticed that one "full" tank was showing 170bar. I though the valve was not closed properly and it was slowly leaking. Then second tank the same - I thought it was just coincidence and another leaking valve. Then another day the same - I thought the shop maybe had readjusted the switching off pressure (they have an auto cut-off valve at 220bar for hot fills).
Today it happened again and I swapped regs with my buddy (previous times I was solo - I have an SPG for my pony tank but haven't thought to cross check it with it) and that's how I confirmed it. With full tanks (200bars confirmed by buddy's spg and AI DC) it was showing 170bars and at the end of the dive it was showing 30 instead of the real 60 bars.
Anything I can do??
Thanks a lot in advance...
My generic (there is OXYGEN written where other SPGs show their brand) 2" / 52cm brass SPG shows about 30bars less than the actual pressure. Around 170 bars with full tank (200 real bars) and around 30 bars with tank at 60bars. Is it a write off or??? I plan to remove it from the hose and inspect the pin hole, spool etc, but what else can be done?
It is roughly 2 years old (~200 dives) and one year (~100 dives) since last spool o-ring replacement/inspection. Relatively well taken care of (rinsed after every dive day, hasn't been dropped/ banged etc- at least not too much).
It was working fine up to few dives ago. Then I noticed that one "full" tank was showing 170bar. I though the valve was not closed properly and it was slowly leaking. Then second tank the same - I thought it was just coincidence and another leaking valve. Then another day the same - I thought the shop maybe had readjusted the switching off pressure (they have an auto cut-off valve at 220bar for hot fills).
Today it happened again and I swapped regs with my buddy (previous times I was solo - I have an SPG for my pony tank but haven't thought to cross check it with it) and that's how I confirmed it. With full tanks (200bars confirmed by buddy's spg and AI DC) it was showing 170bars and at the end of the dive it was showing 30 instead of the real 60 bars.
Anything I can do??
Thanks a lot in advance...
