caribean-ted
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Hey gang, just want to get some views how people would handle this.
100ft down, 12 mins into your dive, 2400psi left in your tank.
Your reg goes into freeflow and you cant stop it. Your in back and nobody is looking back. Do you try to reach your partner or assend. You have already tried to stop the freeflow.
How would you handle it?
Myself, i experienced one in Tobermory while diving the Arabia at 104ft. temp was 38F
My reg went into freeflow and as I tried to stop it I was running out of air. I was only 10 mins into the dive, my buddy had just okd me few seconds previous. My mistake was not staying close enough as I was busy filming. I tried to get his attention but to no avail. I decided at that temp, it was possible I could cause his to go into freeflow with the extra load on sharing air. So I assended breathing in and out all the way to the surface to prevent problems. As it was only 10 mins it wasnt too bad. I was fine but at the time I wasnt sure how long the air would last so a decision had to be made in a hurry.
I just want to see how you would handle the same situation if it happened to you
I dont want to hear I would never get myself into that situation. LOL Just how you handle it if you did.
It may help someone here who hasnt experienced it yet.
100ft down, 12 mins into your dive, 2400psi left in your tank.
Your reg goes into freeflow and you cant stop it. Your in back and nobody is looking back. Do you try to reach your partner or assend. You have already tried to stop the freeflow.
How would you handle it?
Myself, i experienced one in Tobermory while diving the Arabia at 104ft. temp was 38F
My reg went into freeflow and as I tried to stop it I was running out of air. I was only 10 mins into the dive, my buddy had just okd me few seconds previous. My mistake was not staying close enough as I was busy filming. I tried to get his attention but to no avail. I decided at that temp, it was possible I could cause his to go into freeflow with the extra load on sharing air. So I assended breathing in and out all the way to the surface to prevent problems. As it was only 10 mins it wasnt too bad. I was fine but at the time I wasnt sure how long the air would last so a decision had to be made in a hurry.
I just want to see how you would handle the same situation if it happened to you
I dont want to hear I would never get myself into that situation. LOL Just how you handle it if you did.
It may help someone here who hasnt experienced it yet.