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Some larger form regulators allow you to install either DIN or yoke connectors but not yours. That's the trade-off a small-from yoke regulator requires: lighter and less obtrusive means it can't accept a DIN connector. Aftermarket yoke to DIN adapters are available but they are really only...

Single-mount, who cares? You won't be doing any overhead diving so nothing is going to damage the seal but I mount mine diaphragm up so that the hoses are tucked away. On doubles and stage bottles I mount the body sideways with the diaphragm "in" so that the diaphragm is protected from pokies...

And we have a winner...

This isn't supposed to happen. The schrader valve in the QD is either loose or failing. If you have the tool, it's easy enough to tighten or to replace. If you replace it, remember that size and flow rate both are important.

Trouble shooting: Check to make sure the hose fittings are tight (at both ends). Don't overtighten them - finger tight plus a little bit is enough. If you assembled the unit, did you check the o-rings on the hose fittings first? Check the exhalation diaphragm to make sure it is seated...

Swap the soft seats in the second stages and see if the problem follows the seat. My guess is that the problem is a small ding or centering problem in the HP seat in the first stage, but it can definitely be a bunch of things.

I plan on teaching the class a few times this upcoming off-season, dates yet to be determined but in the Chicago/Milwaukee and maybe Detroit area. Anyone interested in being contacted with more information can PM me and tell me what dates work best for you and where and if you have any interest...

I've had a several D1 sets below 250 a number of times however I don't think I've had them below 300 - it's been awhile since I've been that deep. The D1's have performed as well as anything else I've owned, including a bunch of Apeks, a couple of ScubaPro's and a Mares that I've owned for a...

Thal, you're setting an example for us of just how ugly the process of senescence can be. For pity's sake, crawl back under that stinking pile of uh-oh you crawled out from and stop the endless quibbling demonstrations of what a really super duper smart guy you are about everything.

It's most likely the exhaust diaphragm vibrating as you exhale. So long as it isn't torn, distorted or seated improperly, the noise should stop in the water and there shouldn't be any performance problems. If peace of mind requires it, try it out in shallow water before you get in over your head.

Never mind.

AWAP, you're probably correct, a determined individual with a higher than average mechanical aptitude who is willing to fumble their way through the learning process will, eventually, be able to perform a simple regulator overhaul. The problem, however, is exactly as you have identified it...

With my apologies to Chris, who is at Beneath the Sea and presumably too busy to wade back into this mud puddle for possibly stepping on his toes but let me share my thoughts as someone who has taught the TDI Hog class to more people than anyone else: Technical diving isn’t just more and...

Why is this the best?

Nah, my point being that thin skin and a petulant whine is tiresome - and probably deserving of the occasional slight. Sometimes the old adage applies: newbies should be seen (at the dive site) and not heard (on the board.) Nobody doesn't want you to be part of the community but 24 dives means...

When I'm running a recreational rig, I face the turret down and run the primary (forward) and alternate (rear) to the right and the wing (forward) and drysuit (rear) to the left and leave the fifth port blank. I don't have any problems with this routing interfering with the valve knob.

These days, it's called the Chornaya The Chornaya :D See - a smiley so you know I'm just having a little fun and not being a meanie-beanie! Kumbayah, and all that!

Perhaps you need to broaden your definition of "talent." If it was so easy, everybody would be doing it; the fact that they aren't means it requires a person with some kind of special abilities - the pocket definition of talented. ;)

Teaching (for those of us that care) can be very stressful. Heck, kinda like doctoring, we even get an occasional life or death situation. The vagaries of teaching guppies how to survive and enjoy mortal peril without, you know, actually killing themselves means that pretty much all of us need...

Space to store them? I haven't been able to put a car in the garage for years. :) Mostly, the number of tanks has to do with the need to be able to pack enough gas for several days of technical diving in locations where gas is either unavailable or suspect. I'm in the middle of the annual...