TimorDiver
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Hello Mares,
I have had the proton metal for about 18 months now. For the first year it was a FANTASTIC reg. Like, NEVER have I dived off such a good reg. However, after a year it started freeflowing just a bit at shallow depths. Usually it would stop under pressure. I live in East Timor, so there are no service centres here. Finally one dive it freeflowed madly, I lost 80 bars in 5 mins, lucky it was just as I descended. So I stopped diving off it until I could get it serviced.
Fast forward to now, it has just come back from Australia where it was serviced by a Mares technician. On my second dive, it was still gently freeflowing a bit! Then, when I came out of the water, it was freeflowing constantly until I turned my tank off.
i have been told not to bang the reg so there is little I can do when it starts to freeflow. The service centre in Australia told me that aside from opening up the second stage and cleaning it, there were some other adjustments that could be made under the metal bit on the second stage. This is where he tinkered and changed an o-ring.
So, (finally) my question is: can I make these adjustments myself? If so, can you give me some basic instructions on what I could do to stop the reg freeflowing?
I realise that in a perfect world I would just send it back to the service centre... but I have to wait until someone goes to Australia who could take it over there, easier said than done. We do have a very good dive shop here but no Mares technicians.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
TimorDiver
I have had the proton metal for about 18 months now. For the first year it was a FANTASTIC reg. Like, NEVER have I dived off such a good reg. However, after a year it started freeflowing just a bit at shallow depths. Usually it would stop under pressure. I live in East Timor, so there are no service centres here. Finally one dive it freeflowed madly, I lost 80 bars in 5 mins, lucky it was just as I descended. So I stopped diving off it until I could get it serviced.
Fast forward to now, it has just come back from Australia where it was serviced by a Mares technician. On my second dive, it was still gently freeflowing a bit! Then, when I came out of the water, it was freeflowing constantly until I turned my tank off.
i have been told not to bang the reg so there is little I can do when it starts to freeflow. The service centre in Australia told me that aside from opening up the second stage and cleaning it, there were some other adjustments that could be made under the metal bit on the second stage. This is where he tinkered and changed an o-ring.
So, (finally) my question is: can I make these adjustments myself? If so, can you give me some basic instructions on what I could do to stop the reg freeflowing?
I realise that in a perfect world I would just send it back to the service centre... but I have to wait until someone goes to Australia who could take it over there, easier said than done. We do have a very good dive shop here but no Mares technicians.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
TimorDiver