cocoajoe
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OK, so I take my reg in to get serviced today. This isn't the shop who I've used in the past...they're slammed & I didn't want to wait for 2 weeks. But I've been in there and bought stuff ( new mask, wetsiut top, spool, yadda yadda) before. And they've always come across as professional.
Today when I walked in the door, there's this kid who I'd never seen before and clearly new. So, I ask who's gonna be the one to service my stuff? About that time the owner comes out of the back and says I am. I'm relieved.
Making small talk while the owner is helping this kid with paperwork, I say I've always heard you can't calibrate a SPG, why? He says, yeah you can..buy a new SPG. I go huh? What makes you think a new SPG is correct? The following is why I should have not said anything...LOL
He says, if you come up with 500# you won't have to worry about it. I'm already regretting bringing it up. But it's too late. I go, are they still teaching that in class? Big mistake, the guy's clearly not happy with me challenging the old 500# rule. He says, get this...I suspend guys for the next dive who come up with less than 500#
I go on to say, I go by dive conditions and depth. At the bridge (BHB W Palm where it's 20' max and usually 8-10' depth) I've gone down to 200# several times. 35-40' reef dives, I'll start up with 5-600#. 80' I'll sart up with 8-900#. 100' dive, my rule is 1000# no matter what. (please no responses about S.A.C. & dive plans.....I know how how to do it and will use it at times)
He agrees about the 1000# at 100' and I just want to get outta there by then. But here's the question: Why is it not possible to calibrate a SPG? OK, I understand you might not be able to calibrate guages as they are constructed now. But why couldn't a SPG be designed so that it could be calibrated? My work history has included testing pipe & boilers. Hyro test reports will not be signed off if guage calibration dates are not correct. I have witnessed techs calibrating guages in the past. So, why can't this be done for SPGs?
Today when I walked in the door, there's this kid who I'd never seen before and clearly new. So, I ask who's gonna be the one to service my stuff? About that time the owner comes out of the back and says I am. I'm relieved.
Making small talk while the owner is helping this kid with paperwork, I say I've always heard you can't calibrate a SPG, why? He says, yeah you can..buy a new SPG. I go huh? What makes you think a new SPG is correct? The following is why I should have not said anything...LOL
He says, if you come up with 500# you won't have to worry about it. I'm already regretting bringing it up. But it's too late. I go, are they still teaching that in class? Big mistake, the guy's clearly not happy with me challenging the old 500# rule. He says, get this...I suspend guys for the next dive who come up with less than 500#
I go on to say, I go by dive conditions and depth. At the bridge (BHB W Palm where it's 20' max and usually 8-10' depth) I've gone down to 200# several times. 35-40' reef dives, I'll start up with 5-600#. 80' I'll sart up with 8-900#. 100' dive, my rule is 1000# no matter what. (please no responses about S.A.C. & dive plans.....I know how how to do it and will use it at times)
He agrees about the 1000# at 100' and I just want to get outta there by then. But here's the question: Why is it not possible to calibrate a SPG? OK, I understand you might not be able to calibrate guages as they are constructed now. But why couldn't a SPG be designed so that it could be calibrated? My work history has included testing pipe & boilers. Hyro test reports will not be signed off if guage calibration dates are not correct. I have witnessed techs calibrating guages in the past. So, why can't this be done for SPGs?