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Now that makes sense-general wear n tear causing a slow leak--Kinda like a worn tap washer.Of the failures you have seen how many were of this nature and how many were emergencies?
Wouldn't first stage freezeup cause the oposite effect.Ie no air? or your second stage to suddenly freeflow?
The danger refered to is a sudden return to the surface but don't all BC's have an emergency dump to prevent overinflation? so it can only fill to max.
Doesn't propper washing of your gear prevent crystal formation?
Doesn't regular maintainence prevent the o ring failure?
Hey again guys please this isn't some "smartalec kid" trying to prove you guys wrong or anything idiotic like that This is a genuine desire to understand.
NO NO NO. Regular maintenance REDUCES but never prevents gear failures. You need to move away from the idea of "prevention" and more toward "trying to make it less likely that stuff fails".
Put a brand new hose on your regulator... It is probably more likely to blow on the first dive than a one year old hose that has done 100 dives...