Keysdrifter454
Contributor
Mandy3206:Yes buddies, My SS BP failed last friday, on the second dive, I experienced some minor movement in my tank, so I grabbed the tank butt and noticed that it was loose, imediately realized that the wing nuts in the STA where loose.
I signaled my buddy and he tightened them for me in a sec.
Later evaluation confirmed that since the boat operator changed tanks (required by the boat operator), I didn't performed the last minute gear check, so I didn't notice the loose wingnuts, it boils down to my mistake.
I learned from this episode 3 lessons:
1- Never let anyone set your gear for you.
2- Allways perform the last minute check, even if you assembled your gear.
3- Never get in that boat again (they let you assemble at the dock, but they must change tanks at the dive site due to boat rock).
Sounds like a lesson learned, although I don't see how changing tanks could loosen the wingnuts.
No one touches my gear, or carries it.
The wing nuts suck, get SS self locking nuts and don't bother checking them.(INCOMING!).