jacob7739
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Hi everyone, happy Friday!
I'm a new diver, doing my open water cert now. I just received my new HOG regulators in the mail (D3 first stage, Zenith second stage and a basic octopus with a venturi but no breaking pressure adjustment knob).
The second stage primary seems to me to be breathing really hard. If I dial the adjustment knob all the way in, I can barely suck any air out of it at all. If I dial it all the way out, it still requires an unpleasant amount of suction effort before it starts flowing air.
The venturi works as expected. If I pull the venturi level toward my face, I'm able to get a strong flow that grows exponentially with the increase of my inhaling suction strength, but only after making a strong sucking effort to get the flow started.
I assumed the primary adjustment knob would allow you to dial it from restrictive all the way up to free flowing and that I'd be able to dial it in to a point where it just requires a comfortable, small amount of suction to start flowing air. Was I misunderstanding how that's supposed to work, or is there another internal gross adjustment affecting the initial suction required to start the air flow?
I also received Regulator Savvy but haven't attended the HOG regulator service workshop yet. I do have an inline pressure gauge with the adjustment driver built in, but my Zenith regulator doesn't have a female flat head adjustment screw where the hose attaches. It's a female hex/alan head, which I don't want to touch, not knowing what I'm doing yet.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Jacob
I'm a new diver, doing my open water cert now. I just received my new HOG regulators in the mail (D3 first stage, Zenith second stage and a basic octopus with a venturi but no breaking pressure adjustment knob).
The second stage primary seems to me to be breathing really hard. If I dial the adjustment knob all the way in, I can barely suck any air out of it at all. If I dial it all the way out, it still requires an unpleasant amount of suction effort before it starts flowing air.
The venturi works as expected. If I pull the venturi level toward my face, I'm able to get a strong flow that grows exponentially with the increase of my inhaling suction strength, but only after making a strong sucking effort to get the flow started.
I assumed the primary adjustment knob would allow you to dial it from restrictive all the way up to free flowing and that I'd be able to dial it in to a point where it just requires a comfortable, small amount of suction to start flowing air. Was I misunderstanding how that's supposed to work, or is there another internal gross adjustment affecting the initial suction required to start the air flow?
I also received Regulator Savvy but haven't attended the HOG regulator service workshop yet. I do have an inline pressure gauge with the adjustment driver built in, but my Zenith regulator doesn't have a female flat head adjustment screw where the hose attaches. It's a female hex/alan head, which I don't want to touch, not knowing what I'm doing yet.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Jacob