I'm such an idiot!

[Joneill]

Pssshh I found him

Pshhh @Joneill

Read what I actually wrote - leaving it in the middle of a large gravel covered area is not really a hazard if not near where other people are set up or congregating - so I wouldn’t touch it…. Still a bad idea to leave unattended, but not my problem.

 

[BlueTrin]

Read what I actually wrote - leaving it in the middle of a large gravel covered area is not really a hazard if not near where other people are set up or congregating - so I wouldn’t touch it…. Still a bad idea to leave unattended, but not my problem.

Cmon it’s a joke …

 

[Joneill]

Cmon it’s a joke …

You never know around here - my bad

 

[Tracy]

While it sucks, several of my largest mistakes have been made while teaching. You are paying attention to them and you slip out of your normal routines that have kept you safe all this time. Hopefully it is just a crossbar and some roadrash. The valves are probably fine since you had regs screwed into them.

 

[Wibble]

I have seen that happen on DIN valves. I have even seen it happen to DIN valves in cases where people slid a tink into the valve of another tank on the floor of a truck. A DIN valve can go out of round surprisingly easily.

In every case I have seen, we were able to fix it by using a stainless steel DIN plug and a big wrench to retap the opening. Sometimes it takes 4-5 times to get it back to normal.

Had a rebreather oxygen cylinder fall out of my boot/trunk when opening. Fell onto the valve, but seemed like it was OK. Used it for quite a few dives.

When I sent it in for testing it failed the thread go/no-go test. Cost $120 for a new valve

If nothing else it proves the hidden cost of testing.

 

[BlueTrin]

@Wibble out of curiosity what is this threading test?

 

[Searcaigh]

Sorry about your incident @Graeme Fraser and apologies to hijack, but it is related to standing tanks.

Last weekend when I was rinsing all my gear on a floating jetty after taking it off the boat, someone moved my stage (S30 with reg attached) to where all the AL80s were stacked and being passed up onto the mainland.

They had taken it from a laying down position and left it standing up.

Floating jetties move slightly when people are walking on them, and my stage fell into the marina. I ended up having to reassemble my tank, wing and reg to jump back in to retrieve the stage, which was at 6m ish, and thoroughly rewash all my gear again. Was not happy, but no damage done fortunately.

 

[Wibble]

@Wibble out of curiosity what is this threading test?

When doing a visual or hydro, the DIN valve thread is checked using two calibrated machine screws: one should fit in all the way (the "go" test) and the other should NOT screw in past about the first turn unless the thread is worn (the "no-go" test).

In my valve's case, it was slightly oval, so the machine screws wouldn't fit as they have much tighter tolerances than a standard regulator.

 

[BoltSnap]

When doing a visual or hydro, the DIN valve thread is checked using two calibrated machine screws: one should fit in all the way (the "go" test) and the other should NOT screw in past about the first turn unless the thread is worn (the "no-go" test).

In my valve's case, it was slightly oval, so the machine screws wouldn't fit as they have much tighter tolerances than a standard regulator.

You should make a video and share

 

[Edward3c]

@Wibble out of curiosity what is this threading test?

It’s part of the U.k test requirements.