scubafanatic
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545 is what you want, but man. I'd sure hesitate to use it. It is approved for hoses such as sandblasters breathing air lines, but is NOT approved for anything with enriched quantities of Oxygen.
You know I've run some rough ass trips. Never seen your problem, unless it was caused by improper torquing.
Hi Frank,
Initial research suggests # 242, but mentions not intended for high O2 conditions, the questions is : is recreational EAN 32% too 'high' ? I don't technical dive, and have never exceeded EAN 36%, almost always EAN 32. Also, fills are membrane, not partial pressure, so the system is never seeing 'high' O2 exposure.
Is there anything out there that IS approved for higher O2 concentrations ?
Thanks for the 545 suggestion, it's now on my short list.
I experienced (3) separate failures on one reg set during the week, all on different hoses (HP and LP) in different places. As you mentioned I well remember some of our trips together with those sporty seas, the panga vibration/pounding was far beyond anything SPREE ever dished out to me.
I've never experienced such failure levels either (until now) but I've never dove or exposed my dive gear to such conditions either. I have dozens of reg sets that I've disassembled/reassembled many times, been diving since 2001, the reg was brand new, with 3 straight hours of pool testing 2 weeks prior to the trip, and I'm well motivated to make sure the torque, etc is OK as I'll stake my life on it and do.
So, given my background, did I suddenly forget how to attach a 1st-stage...hose 2nd-stage...together, or did severe operations conditions expose a fundamental flaw in design, which I'll attempt to remedy with the best match of LOCKTITE to fit my conditions ?
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