I understand you should never run out of gas. You should always have a buddy who has gas. But.....
If for some unforeseen reason, i.e. catastrophic redundant failure occurs can it be done? While underwater, can you safely/effectively remove a regulator from one cylinder and put it on another cylinder and be able to safely breathe? if so, what are the consequences to the regulator? What servicing would need to be done?
For example, your buddy gets trapped at depth, you have extra cylinders in the boat, but no spare regs. Time is of the essence, and you determine the extra time in switching cylinders on your gear is a bad choice.
Or you have a failure of your deco bottle reg and have to use your primary reg set.
I've just finished PADI Rescue, and "what if's" are occurring to me. Thanks for your input.
If for some unforeseen reason, i.e. catastrophic redundant failure occurs can it be done? While underwater, can you safely/effectively remove a regulator from one cylinder and put it on another cylinder and be able to safely breathe? if so, what are the consequences to the regulator? What servicing would need to be done?
For example, your buddy gets trapped at depth, you have extra cylinders in the boat, but no spare regs. Time is of the essence, and you determine the extra time in switching cylinders on your gear is a bad choice.
Or you have a failure of your deco bottle reg and have to use your primary reg set.
I've just finished PADI Rescue, and "what if's" are occurring to me. Thanks for your input.