needmynitrogenfix
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hello,
i would like anyone who knows about compressors to reply and tell me what they know about this. i have worked at several dive shops and all have used the small bauer compressors which each fill two tanks at a time and use blue plastic disposable filters about one foot long and two inches diameter. most shops replaced the filters after the recommended amout of air passage but two did not: (1) east marine dive center(langkawi and perhentians) - they dump out both the black particles and white particles onto a tray(now all mixed up) and put them in the sun to dry. they would wash and put out to dry the other parts and felt pads inside the filter. then they would reassemble the filters, but instead of keeping black particles seperate from white and in the correct chambers of the filter, they would fill each section with a mix of the already mixed up black and white particles (which have been used...many times)! (2) i wont name the shop - would do the same as above, but throw out the particles and replace with new particles(from canisters they purchased) , placing white and black in the correct sections of the filter where each should go. just curious to know if (1) and/or (2) is acceptable? im guessing (1) is not and (2) might be ok? thanks for your input!
i would like anyone who knows about compressors to reply and tell me what they know about this. i have worked at several dive shops and all have used the small bauer compressors which each fill two tanks at a time and use blue plastic disposable filters about one foot long and two inches diameter. most shops replaced the filters after the recommended amout of air passage but two did not: (1) east marine dive center(langkawi and perhentians) - they dump out both the black particles and white particles onto a tray(now all mixed up) and put them in the sun to dry. they would wash and put out to dry the other parts and felt pads inside the filter. then they would reassemble the filters, but instead of keeping black particles seperate from white and in the correct chambers of the filter, they would fill each section with a mix of the already mixed up black and white particles (which have been used...many times)! (2) i wont name the shop - would do the same as above, but throw out the particles and replace with new particles(from canisters they purchased) , placing white and black in the correct sections of the filter where each should go. just curious to know if (1) and/or (2) is acceptable? im guessing (1) is not and (2) might be ok? thanks for your input!