Water in the wing???

[H2OU]

I dive with a Halcyon Eclipse wing. After my last couple of dives, I noticed that I had about a 6 oz. of seawater in my wing. I don't have a leak, as I have checked for one already. I assume that the water is entering through the inflator. I like to manually inflate my wing once I surface for practice. I would imagine that manually inflating underwater would force some water into the wing as well.

Is this common? Anyone else notice this before? Am I doing something wrong?

 

[Charlie99]

It's more likely that the water is getting in when you open the dump valve or inflator hose trying to dump air when it is already fully empty.

Normal. Don't worry about it.

As you get used to the wing, and know when it is really empty and stop trying to empty it further, then you won't get so much water inside.

 

[The Kraken]

Bingo !!!! Go to the head of the class !!!

When you dump air from your B/C there is some trickle of water back down the hose and into the bladder.

Because of that, you need to rinse your B/C bladder from time to time.

I usually use a weak solution of mouthwash and water. I pour it down the inflator hose, swish it about a good bit, drain it off, and then rinse the bladder with clean water.

the K

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Yep. It's normal. If you're only getting 6 oz, you're doing pretty good. Usually, after a couple of dives, I get about half a cup out of mine.

 

[Wayward Son]

I rinse mine out after each set of dives in salt water.

 

[scarefaceDM]

Normal for any Bladder....just rinse well after being in salt water.

 

[H2OU]

Thanks for the info! I will watch the amount of time I keep the dump valve open when descending.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Happens to me to. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Must of my dives are freshwater so not as big of a deal. I still rinse my wing and hang to dry anyway.

 

[TSandM]

It's probably not on descent where the water gets in, because on descent, you're venting air. It's on ASCENT, when you are trying to slow your motion upward, and try to vent air that isn't there.

The only times I've come up without any air in the wing are diving the top half of my doubles, where I've got air in the wing throughout the whole dive to counteract the weight of the extra air I'm carrying.

 

[H2OU]

Actually, you are probably correct TSandM.