Gear Servicing - How Regular Really?

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Deuces

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It is recommended that one services their BC or reg or whatever annually. Would this period change according to use?

If one dives once a month and another dives 2-3 times a week, is it still just an annual service for both or would the one who dives more, get a servicing more often?


e.g. In tennis, it is "typically" best to change your racquet strings as many times a year as you play in a week. This can vary on style of play.
 
If you want to maintain your warrenty, service annually. If you aqre not worried about the warrenty, buy a backup reg and IP guage, and service it at the first sign of a problem that you can't correct. Don't be too surprised if that is 3 years or more with good care and cleaning
 
i dont get the servicing the bc anually,with a air 2 or simular i understand,but how complex are bcs,it holds air or it doesnt,inflater starts leaking get it serviced.
 
You're right - its just life support equipment. The $100 a year it requires to service BCD and reg can be better spent on a new light or two tank dive.

Seriously, why gamble, at $100, I view it as life insurance.
 
ScubaCrow:
You're right - its just life support equipment. The $100 a year it requires to service BCD and reg can be better spent on a new light or two tank dive.

Seriously, why gamble, at $100, I view it as life insurance.
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If that is the rational, why not service twice a year? Or quarterly? Or monthly? After all, it is life support:confused:
 
We service our regs annually, same time every year regardless of how many dives we've done that year. Our LDS does not service BC's, and my husband is a handy kind of guy, so we inspect them thoroughly a couple times a year, and inspect them before a dive trip (if we are going out of the state or country). Also test our regs before each dive. Hook them up to the tanks the night before, check everything out, then tear it all down and load it in the car or boat. Also check the primary and octo before each dive.

Another thing we do about every 5th or 6th dive is when doing the safety stop at 15 feet for 3 minutes, swap out the primary reg with the octo and breathe off of it for a bit.
 
Services annually or before your diving trip
 
Deuces:
It is recommended that one services their BC or reg or whatever annually. Would this period change according to use?

If one dives once a month and another dives 2-3 times a week, is it still just an annual service for both or would the one who dives more, get a servicing more often? .
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Some parts like the low pressure seats in the second stages degrade over time because of the forces that act on them when they are not in use. In the case of the LP seat the poppet spring presses the LP seat up against the orifice. The seat cold flows over time causing it to change dimensionally. Which in turn causes it to go out of adjustment. In this case the 1 year guideline is probably rather conservative. You could just readjust your regulator, but the manufacturers would probably argue if you go the bother of taking it apart why not put in new parts.

Of course if you beach dive and have sand pounded into your gear waiting one year may really be asking for trouble.

The "its life support equipment" line borders on a scare tactic. Its not like if you wait 13 months that any thing will be dramatically different than it was a month before.
 
Equipment, especially your gas system needs certain lubrication that can dry out depending on conditions. Your regs need to be checked even they have had little or no use.

Your depth gauge, valve seats, o-rings, hoses, inflator valve, dump valves, all need regular attention.

They quit at the damndest times. :wink:
 
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