hedonist222
Contributor
- Messages
- 1,203
- Reaction score
- 768
- # of dives
- 500 - 999
Hello everyone
(underlined text added later)
I dive with no weights.
With no weights I need a squirt of air till half tank then I purge.
I am 6'1, weigh about 172 lbs BMI of 20 and body fat percentage of 21%.
I dive an xDeep Zen with an aluminum back plate.
Cylinders: aluminum 80 and a 30 cuft spare tank.
Currently with a 3mm and hoodie.
In a month I'll be back to a rash guard. I think I'll be even more negatively buoyant due to culling the 3mm suit and the positive buoyancy it adds.
I was going through a routine risk assessment of my dive setup. Routine risk assessment otherwise I may fall into complacency.
It occurred to me that in the event of a BCD-inflator injection malfunction I would rocket to the surface.
How likely is the inflator going to malfunction by injecting air into my BCD? As opposed to malfunctioning by simply not working anymore.
Now that its occurred to me, the solution that comes to mind, naturally I suppose, is to disconnect the inflator. I recall reading somewhere that it may be impossible to disconnect the inflator hose as its flowing air into the BCD - pressurized compartment or something.
Therefore the next option would be to purge air via the inflator hose and the bottom-left purge valve.
Second option, assuming I'd have time would be to hold onto a rock and try to remove the tank and use that to surface. Puncturing the bladder would be near impossible considering its a double bladder design made with that military anti-ballistic material lol. Cordura. Plus my shear are blunt-ended.
This topic may come across as elementary to some - but its part of my routine/periodic risk assessment.
(underlined text added later)
I dive with no weights.
With no weights I need a squirt of air till half tank then I purge.
I am 6'1, weigh about 172 lbs BMI of 20 and body fat percentage of 21%.
I dive an xDeep Zen with an aluminum back plate.
Cylinders: aluminum 80 and a 30 cuft spare tank.
Currently with a 3mm and hoodie.
In a month I'll be back to a rash guard. I think I'll be even more negatively buoyant due to culling the 3mm suit and the positive buoyancy it adds.
I was going through a routine risk assessment of my dive setup. Routine risk assessment otherwise I may fall into complacency.
It occurred to me that in the event of a BCD-inflator injection malfunction I would rocket to the surface.
How likely is the inflator going to malfunction by injecting air into my BCD? As opposed to malfunctioning by simply not working anymore.
Now that its occurred to me, the solution that comes to mind, naturally I suppose, is to disconnect the inflator. I recall reading somewhere that it may be impossible to disconnect the inflator hose as its flowing air into the BCD - pressurized compartment or something.
Therefore the next option would be to purge air via the inflator hose and the bottom-left purge valve.
Second option, assuming I'd have time would be to hold onto a rock and try to remove the tank and use that to surface. Puncturing the bladder would be near impossible considering its a double bladder design made with that military anti-ballistic material lol. Cordura. Plus my shear are blunt-ended.
This topic may come across as elementary to some - but its part of my routine/periodic risk assessment.