regulator storage

[divad]

Would it make sense to store regulators with the purge buttons depressed to relieve pressure on the seats?

 

[Diver0001]

evad once bubbled...
Would it make sense to store regulators with the purge buttons depressed to relieve pressure on the seats?

It's an interesting idea but I'd say if you get your regulator's serviced regularly it won't make any noticeable difference.

R..

 

[Charlie99]

It makes enough difference that some regs, such as my Atomics B1/T1 2nd stage automatically lift the poppet off of the seat when not pressurized. The downside is that there is now a path from the 2nd stage back up to the 1st that might allow water in while rinsing.

As I understand it, screwing out the cracking pressure adjustment, or locking the purge button down make the most difference in regs that are stored unused for a long time.

 

[divad]

Thanks. I'm not rinsing them with the purge open, so I take that as a "yes".

 

[divad]

Sorry, I misread your post; you mean you have to rinse atomics pressurized.