AquaticLung
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Hey everyone,
This is a hypothetical, extremely rare, emergency situation that I've been thinking about lately. If you were diving side-mount (dual independant tanks and regs) and a catastrophic failure occurred that rendured one of the regulators useless (say; an o-ring failure on the inlet of the 1st stage), but the tank and tank valve were fine, leaving you with two tanks with air and only one regulator operational. Would the following be possible: (Only looking for facts regarding regulators)
Would a regulator operate normally, or at least sufficiently enough to prevent one from drowning, after removing the functioning 1st stage from the tank that has been breathed out and inserting it into the valve of the tank that still has gas, opening the valve and purging the system with air?
This would only be an option if there were no chance of making it to the surface in time with the air left in the functioning tank and regulator (deco, entanglement, cave dive, etc)
Without all the opinions like, "you shouldn't put yourself in that position", or "why would that ever happen", could some of you please inform me as to whether or not a regulator would function after the interior has been exposed to water and then repressurized while still full of water. I realize that the SPG will be ruined and even possibly the entire system, but in an extreme case would this method suffice as a feasable option OR would I be better off just breathing directly from the tank valve?
Please forgive me for the remarks about "not looking for opinions" as I'm always looking for helpful opinions, but more than often I read these threads and there is unprovoked or undue criticism and condescending words written. Thanks for your replies and good diving to all!!!
JD
This is a hypothetical, extremely rare, emergency situation that I've been thinking about lately. If you were diving side-mount (dual independant tanks and regs) and a catastrophic failure occurred that rendured one of the regulators useless (say; an o-ring failure on the inlet of the 1st stage), but the tank and tank valve were fine, leaving you with two tanks with air and only one regulator operational. Would the following be possible: (Only looking for facts regarding regulators)
Would a regulator operate normally, or at least sufficiently enough to prevent one from drowning, after removing the functioning 1st stage from the tank that has been breathed out and inserting it into the valve of the tank that still has gas, opening the valve and purging the system with air?
This would only be an option if there were no chance of making it to the surface in time with the air left in the functioning tank and regulator (deco, entanglement, cave dive, etc)
Without all the opinions like, "you shouldn't put yourself in that position", or "why would that ever happen", could some of you please inform me as to whether or not a regulator would function after the interior has been exposed to water and then repressurized while still full of water. I realize that the SPG will be ruined and even possibly the entire system, but in an extreme case would this method suffice as a feasable option OR would I be better off just breathing directly from the tank valve?
Please forgive me for the remarks about "not looking for opinions" as I'm always looking for helpful opinions, but more than often I read these threads and there is unprovoked or undue criticism and condescending words written. Thanks for your replies and good diving to all!!!
JD