Aquarianna
Registered
Hey everybody-
I did two dives today with rental tanks from a local place. First dive was fine- reg worked great, and the first stage was clear before and after it. The second dive, I used a different tank from the same place. My first stage was clear before and the reg breathed beautifully during the dive, but after I took it off, the first stage had (still has) a white residue filling most of it. Nothing was different about how I handled or set up the system today.
I took some out to look at, and it's neither sand nor salt. The o-ring on the tank valve looks fine to me, and my buddy didn't notice any bubbles escaping during our dive.
I don't know what this crap is, and I'm really worried that its going to ruin my reg!
So my question to you is, should I try to clean it out, leave it, or what? I'm definitely going to bring the tanks and my reg back to the shop tomorrow (they closed before we ended our dive), but any input from you first would be great. The only thing I can come up with is that the tank had something in it. But I'm still clueless as to what it might be...
I've attached some pictures of it- hope it helps
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firststage0012ds4.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firststage0022rj9.jpg
I did two dives today with rental tanks from a local place. First dive was fine- reg worked great, and the first stage was clear before and after it. The second dive, I used a different tank from the same place. My first stage was clear before and the reg breathed beautifully during the dive, but after I took it off, the first stage had (still has) a white residue filling most of it. Nothing was different about how I handled or set up the system today.
I took some out to look at, and it's neither sand nor salt. The o-ring on the tank valve looks fine to me, and my buddy didn't notice any bubbles escaping during our dive.
I don't know what this crap is, and I'm really worried that its going to ruin my reg!
So my question to you is, should I try to clean it out, leave it, or what? I'm definitely going to bring the tanks and my reg back to the shop tomorrow (they closed before we ended our dive), but any input from you first would be great. The only thing I can come up with is that the tank had something in it. But I'm still clueless as to what it might be...
I've attached some pictures of it- hope it helps
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firststage0012ds4.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firststage0022rj9.jpg