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For reference, I'm the Jack in that post.
As Seajay has said, if you take care of your own regs then water into them is no big deal. I used his reg and just blew the existing water out of the system. It breathed a little wet (not much, really) for a minute or so, and then was perfectly dry. When I got out of the water, I just blew a lot of air thru my own reg, and then serviced it when I got home.
Of course I wouldn't recommend doing this on a regular basis, but under the circumstances it allowed me to stay in water to finish my class.
All in all, a very interesting set of circumstances. It showed me how flexible and talented that AG was. Someone gave him the nickname "Spiderman" because of his long arms and legs!
I also learned a lesson. If your 2nd stage starts to lose air at the hose connection, you cannot try to tighten it without first shutting down the valve and purging the pressure from the system. If you try to do it while pressurized, you will cut the o-ring and then you have NO chance of fixing the problem.
As Seajay has said, if you take care of your own regs then water into them is no big deal. I used his reg and just blew the existing water out of the system. It breathed a little wet (not much, really) for a minute or so, and then was perfectly dry. When I got out of the water, I just blew a lot of air thru my own reg, and then serviced it when I got home.
Of course I wouldn't recommend doing this on a regular basis, but under the circumstances it allowed me to stay in water to finish my class.
All in all, a very interesting set of circumstances. It showed me how flexible and talented that AG was. Someone gave him the nickname "Spiderman" because of his long arms and legs!
I also learned a lesson. If your 2nd stage starts to lose air at the hose connection, you cannot try to tighten it without first shutting down the valve and purging the pressure from the system. If you try to do it while pressurized, you will cut the o-ring and then you have NO chance of fixing the problem.
VTernovski once bubbled...
Wait a sec!!! he removed his first stage?? doesn't ruin the reg if the water goes into the first stage??????
What am I missing???