1st or 2nd Stage Reg Failure on Stage/Deco Bottle

[DwayneJ]

I'm interested to know if as a technique you are taught to swap 1st/2nd stages in case of a 1st/2nd stage failure on a deco bottle ascending from depth? I'm also interested to know if anyone has suffered such a failure and has required to perform such a procedure at depth on a technical/deco dive.

Thanks,
Dwayne

 

[PfcAJ]

I have had to switch a 2nd stage. I took one off of a stage bottle and put it on a deco bottle. Really wasn't a big deal.

I carry an adjustable wrench with me on dives where I might need to do this. Finger tight has caused problems in the past and is generally not practiced or taught anymore.

 

[nilsdiver]

I have had to switch a 2nd stage. I took one off of a stage bottle and put it on a deco bottle. Really wasn't a big deal.

I carry an adjustable wrench with me on dives where I might need to do this. Finger tight has caused problems in the past and is generally not practiced or taught anymore.

Did you just swap 2nd stages? or did you swap the entire 1st/2nd stage deco reg setups?


I have been on a dive once where my buddy had a 2nd stage failure. He swap the regs on the deco bottle with the regs on a stage. But that was the entire 1st/2nd stage reg setup. Which means a little salt water in the 1st stage. He had the regs serviced right after the dive because of that.

 

[PfcAJ]

No, I just switched the 2nd stage. If the problem was with the 1st stage, I would have switched the entire regulator (1st and 2nd).

 

[LiteHedded]

I have had to switch a 2nd stage. I took one off of a stage bottle and put it on a deco bottle. Really wasn't a big deal.

I carry an adjustable wrench with me on dives where I might need to do this. Finger tight has caused problems in the past and is generally not practiced or taught anymore.

true story. this guy has a wrench in his pocket at all times lol

 

[Reg Braithwaite]

true story. this guy has a wrench in his pocket at all times lol

Are you sure he's not just happy to see you?

(Ducks!!!)

 

[LiteHedded]

Are you sure he's not just happy to see you?

(Ducks!!!)

ZING!
he just has those giant H pockets and doesn't know what else to do to fill them

 

[TSandM]

Actually, I don't think it's unusual for people doing technical dives to carry a wrench. I know Fred Devos does.

 

[rjack321]

For OW deco dives when you have all your gas with you, its more likely you'd just change the whole reg vs. juggling a wrench and a 2nd stage (very likely) midwater. For cave dives where you have left gas + regs along the way (and have a floor) its more common to bring along a wrench and fix what you have.

 

[mark99]

I have had to switch a 2nd stage. I took one off of a stage bottle and put it on a deco bottle. Really wasn't a big deal.

I carry an adjustable wrench with me on dives where I might need to do this. Finger tight has caused problems in the past and is generally not practiced or taught anymore.

I'm just wondering if there's much risk of introducing a failure into the first or second stage by flooding it and purging it?