[PSUBS-MAILIST] scuba reg problem

[Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles]

The only reason I am familiar with them is because I had one when I first started diving.  It worked as designed, but still felt like sucking a golf ball through a garden hose when deep. That, and the stream of air from the bleed would and should be cause to scrub the dive under any other circumstance - it is a poor idea to train your buddies to ignore warning indicators. At the time, I moved to ScubaPro, but I have been using Apeks regs exclusively for at least ten years now, and haven't looked back.

Sean


On August 4, 2014 5:27:04 PM CDT, Ken Martindale via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>Sean,
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>I had a Sherwood regulator and used it for about 8 months. It worked as
>you described but mine had a problem. The piston had a little path to
>leak a small amount of air into the equalizing chamber which was
>intended to keep any water out by virtue or the small rubber valve on
>the side of the regulator. The problem I had was that the rubber valve
>worked fine but the small leak path in the piston did not pass any air
>and thus no small bubbles. When diving to 150 feet the regulator
>thought it was at the surface and did not compensate for the depth and
>I felt I was sucking through a soda straw. Getting a new piston solved
>the problem but I never used the regulator at 150 feet again.
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>Bottom line check and make sure the little bubbles are flowing.
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>For what it’s worth,
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>Ken Martindale
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>From: Personal_Submersibles
>[mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org] On Behalf Of Sean T.
>Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles
>Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 5:26 PM
>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] scuba reg problem
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>The exception to this would be if the reg is a Sherwood. Sherwood first
>stages use a dry air bleed system which constantly vents a miniscule
>amount of gas, instead of allowing seawater into the balance chamber.
>While this works, it makes it difficult to distinguish the bleed from a
>problematic leak.
>
>Sean
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>On August 3, 2014 3:25:13 PM CDT, Alan via Personal_Submersibles
><personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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>Hi Hank,
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>the little non threaded holes are usually to let water pressure in to
>balance
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>the regulator to maintain your 130psi above ambient.
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>It sounds like o-rings or valve seat. Nothing should be leaking out of
>it.
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>It won't hurt if it's not much & you can get it serviced.
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>Alan
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>On 4/08/2014, at 7:11 am, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles
><personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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>Help
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>I bought a scuba regulator set for emergency breathing.  When I
>pressurize the system, the first stage regulator is venting out a small
>vent on the side of the regulator.  The vent hole has no threads, so I
>assume! it is a vent.  The amount of air is very slight, is this thing
>screwed.  It works fine otherwise
>
>Hank.
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