A BIG lesson learned--accidentally put a LP hose into a HP port
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DogDiver
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Good example why you shouldn't dive with museum pieces. Put the regulator on the wall as a decoration.
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Hey, some of those "museum pieces" work better, are easier to service, and are more reliable than some of the "modern" ones. Personally I'll keep diving mine. OTHO, whenever I change hoses you'd better believe I KNOW what type of port I'm connecting to.
The real mistake was made by the SHOP who gave the OP a LP hose for a HP port. The SHOP should have known the difference from the port position and the small air opening. I'm a firm believer in personal responsibility, but the OP did go to the shop for advice/parts.
Bob DBF
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It's not the [-]agency[/-] regulator, it's the [-]instructor[/-] technician.
That's why I encourage divers to know their gear, you may not be able to count on a "trained professional". The plug was the right answer, but when you jerry rig you have to know what you are doing. Moving a plug from a LP port to the HP and using the hose on the LP would have been OK, I'm kind of surprised that someone giving technical advice wouldn't check.
As for "museum pieces", why put something in a museum if it still works and you can still use it?
Bob
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I may be old, but I'm not dead yet.
That's why I encourage divers to know their gear, you may not be able to count on a "trained professional". The plug was the right answer, but when you jerry rig you have to know what you are doing. Moving a plug from a LP port to the HP and using the hose on the LP would have been OK, I'm kind of surprised that someone giving technical advice wouldn't check.
As for "museum pieces", why put something in a museum if it still works and you can still use it?
Bob
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I may be old, but I'm not dead yet.
Texasguy
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Not sure why you went to the emergency room. If no bone broken, it was just a bad bruise. Shlt happens.
iamrushman
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it takes a lot to post a personal mistake and kudos to you for doing so.....thanks for sharing.
I was on a very remote island in the Bahamas (Crooked Island for those familiar) and the only option was a walk-in clinic. Not having experienced such swelling, I didn't know what to think in the heat of the moment, so I just did the most prudent thing. Ironically, just an hour earlier, I had been in the clinic waiting on someone to pick up a script, so I knew exactly where I needed to return to!
---------- Post added July 27th, 2015 at 06:48 PM ----------
Thanks for the kind words! In all honesty, I would feel TERRIBLE if someone after me did the same thing, and I just feel its my duty to give others a warning about something that could be deadly that they might not have any clue about, as I did!
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