Water in SPG immediately after regs serviced

[Elduderino]

That is just sad that so called pros cant turn a wrench. There is NOTHING about this you can't do. If you can put together IKEA furniture you can do this. Get yourself a little credit and do this with confidence.

Like I said I'm sure I could do it. I'd just like to do it with the guidance of someone that's knowledgeable. What's the torque spec, is silicone grease needed etc. If I look this up I get a dozen different answers. It's a moot point though because no one has the parts anyways

 

[davehicks]

Like I said I'm sure I could do it. I'd just like to do it with the guidance of someone that's knowledgeable. What's the torque spec, is silicone grease needed etc. If I look this up I get a dozen different answers. It's a moot point though because no one has the parts anyways

Finger tight with a wrench. Nobody torques hoses.

 

[happy-diver]

It's a moot point though because no one has the parts anyways

You want to fight people that are here to help which you have come here to receive
How is your diving, can you imagine the knowledge of both, or knowlege of neither

I didn't realize how easy it was. Idk why the guy at the shop made it seem like it was complicated. Maybe i misunderstood and they just didn't have a replacement part. Hopefully mine still works for a few more days and I'll get a new one from DGX after this trip

Multiple people at dive shops where people DIVE FOR A LIVING didn't know how to change the hose. I can look up YouTube videos, but I'd be much more comfortable having someone knowledgeable check things. I've seen enough YouTube videos of "experts" doing completely idiotic things with firearms to know it's best to not rely on YouTube videos if you don't have a decent base of knowledge

Do you have different people posting for you

 

[Elduderino]

You want to fight people that are here to help which you have come here to receive
How is your diving, can you imagine the knowledge of both, or knowlege of neither





Do you have different people posting for you

Not sure what you're talking about. There's a difference between changing something at home and then being able to check it and changing something on the fly and then diving with it right away. And I'm getting mixed messages here about whether to dive with a flooded SPG or not

 

[Scared Silly]

Not sure what you're talking about. There's a difference between changing something at home and then being able to check it and changing something on the fly and then diving with it right away. And I'm getting mixed messages here about whether to dive with a flooded SPG or not

If you have just noticed the moisture in the SPG, finish your dive trip with it and not worry too much. If on your average dive you use 2000 psi of gas, then notice your are surfacing with a 1000 psi the SPG is probably starting to go. Or if you start out the dive with 0 psi the SPG is probably dead.

When you get home visit your local dive shop and buy a new gauge. Ask the tech there to show how to install it. But here again are the instructions (though for a spool)

 

[tridacna]

PADI Equipment Specialist should teach this as part of the course.

 

[tursiops]

PADI Equipment Specialist should teach this as part of the course.

Unfortunately, hoses and SPG spools are NOT part of the mandated Equipment class.
But any decent instructor will never the less include a section on Field Repairs and include that info.

 

[tridacna]

Unfortunately, hoses and SPG spools are NOT part of the mandated Equipment class.
But any decent instructor will never the less include a section on Field Repairs and include that info.

This is why I said SHOULD. We always taught this as part of the course.

 

[Zef]

That is just sad that so called pros cant turn a wrench. There is NOTHING about this you can't do. If you can put together IKEA furniture you can do this. Get yourself a little credit and do this with confidence.

Why fix it when you can wax hyperbolically on about it and gain maximum attention.

It is inconceivable that a dive shop/dive operation is unable to sort this out for the OP, and given how many dive shop/operators exist in Cabo makes this story even more unbelievable...what is more likely is there are parts of the story the OP is leaving out.

Perhaps the same "oh my god, the sky is falling" coupled with "I am not willing to personally do anything to help my situation other than complain" mentality, that the OP has displayed here, has pervaded communications with those able to help the OP in Cabo that they have turned unwilling to help.

Just a guess.

-Z

 

[tursiops]

This is why I said SHOULD. We always taught this as part of the course.

I would race through the mandated material, and dwell on Field Repairs == What you can do, what you should think twice about, and what you should not do. I enjoyed that part of the class the most, and I think the students did too.