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batman diver
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ha ha ha ha ... the lil pic thing was funny , um sure ill take one when i go to the school tommorrow
to din or not to din
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The 1" is very specific for this reg and hard to find in a hardware/tool store. For what the socket costs online (21 dollars + shipping to South Africa) I think you would be better off letting you LDS doing the service for you.
DevonDiver
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You haven't dive in many places then have you??
The dive industry primarily use yoke valves, because they are less easily destroyed by idiot customers. This is especially true of rental regs, which most divers use (being that most 'qualified divers' don't actually own their own gear and only dive on holiday).
halocline
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I point the turret down with the yoke and have no problem with hose routing or the turret movement. The use of a DIN or yoke fitting should have no effect at all on the turret movement. I think something else is wrong.
Another side to this story..... I just recently converted my SP MK25/ S600 recreational regulator from a DIN (with a SP yoke adapter) regulator to a yoke. Why? Well,... I've had multiple O-ring failures between the Din connection & the adapter. I had the adapter screwed on as tight as I could get it & still had o-ring failures. The bad part about converting from DIN to yoke, is that SP doesn't have a kit to do it with. I had to order the individual parts to put on it. I kept the DIN parts, just in case I ever change my mind to switch it back. I still keep my technical regulators in the DIN configuration.
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batman diver
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id like to actually see some info on failure rates of o rings with din and yolk .... see which is actually better in that regard
That sounds very surprising since the benefit of the DIN regulator is that it is a captured o-ring. Did you try with a different adapter or have the DIN fitting checked for problems?
That was the reason I went with the DIN to begin with. I never had a failure in the water, but rather when I would pressurize the regulator when turning the tank on (yes, slowly). It seems the pressurization would unseat the captured O-ring, causing a leak. I have tried other adapters & Have also had the same thing happen on my Technical DIN regulators when screwed into the tanks. I'm not sure if the seating area for the o-ring is too shallow or what, but it has been a problem form time to time.
Scared Silly
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Doing the change out yourself is no big deal. While many people remove the yoke nut with an adjustable wrench or even a vise successfully you risk damaging the brass nut if the wrench slips. BITD many of the yoke nuts were just nuts and would cost you $5 to replace but more often now they are an assembly and run $30+. So if you plan to go back and forth between yoke and DIN it is worth while having a thinned walled 1" or 26mm" thin walled socket that you can use. scubatools.com sells them.
Often when traveling to an area that is going to be strictly yoke we just put the yoke on and skip the DIN-to-Yoke adaptors. Mostly because I have seen DM screwing around enough that they end up loosening the adaptor all the way to taking the adaptor off.
Often when traveling to an area that is going to be strictly yoke we just put the yoke on and skip the DIN-to-Yoke adaptors. Mostly because I have seen DM screwing around enough that they end up loosening the adaptor all the way to taking the adaptor off.
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DIN is better but make sure you have the yoke adapter for tanks you have no control over.
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