Saltair
Contributor
I did a quick dive the other night to clear rope from a prop I doubt I made it to four feet. When I hooked up my reg I didnt notice anything amiss. The o-ring was in the valve the system pressurized and there were no hissing noises. In short all appeared normal. I jumped in did my thing and as I was finishing up I noticed I could hear the sound of escaping air. My reg is a Sherwood blizzard and I have occasionally, when in just the right position, heard the bubbles from the built in leak in that so I was not concerned at first, but this was louder. I could only hear it if a leaned back and submerged the valve. When it was out of the water there was no noise. I got out of my gear and back into the boat and sure enough there was bubbling coming from around the connection at the valve and when I put my ear to it I could hear the air escaping. I shut down the tank took everything apart and noticed a small upturned piece of the valve in the concave section inside the o-ring. So the question I have is would this allow water in the first stage? My first thought is that with the pressurized air coming out it would be very unlikely, but then I wondered if when I took a breath if there would be enough flow to create a venturi to draw water in. thoughts?