geekthegreek
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Hi all,
I'm new to this board (and to diving) and learning lots from the threads out there. Amidst all the passionate debates on OW classes, a few items have come to mind as notable omissions from my education (or maybe I just wasn't paying attention). Some questions:
1- BC inflator stuck in 'open' position, could shoot you up to the surface with deadly consequences. Sure, this does sound very dangerous. I could imagine you'd want to hold the release button, hopefully to counteract the inflation? Or maybe that would be insufficient, you'd actually want to puncture your BC, maybe with a knife? What is the recommended procedure here? (Is this type of occurrence common?)
2- Access to your air tank valve while wearing your gear. This wasn't mentioned at all. I guess the ideas is that you might accidentally enter the water without air on, and would therefore need to reach the valve to open it? Any other reason? This strikes me as much less severe of an issue if you're using proper buddy procedures (ie, you would notice right away, and should be able to stay on the surface for a sec and get help, or at worst take your rig off and do it yourself). Any thoughts?
Thanks,
-Dan
I'm new to this board (and to diving) and learning lots from the threads out there. Amidst all the passionate debates on OW classes, a few items have come to mind as notable omissions from my education (or maybe I just wasn't paying attention). Some questions:
1- BC inflator stuck in 'open' position, could shoot you up to the surface with deadly consequences. Sure, this does sound very dangerous. I could imagine you'd want to hold the release button, hopefully to counteract the inflation? Or maybe that would be insufficient, you'd actually want to puncture your BC, maybe with a knife? What is the recommended procedure here? (Is this type of occurrence common?)
2- Access to your air tank valve while wearing your gear. This wasn't mentioned at all. I guess the ideas is that you might accidentally enter the water without air on, and would therefore need to reach the valve to open it? Any other reason? This strikes me as much less severe of an issue if you're using proper buddy procedures (ie, you would notice right away, and should be able to stay on the surface for a sec and get help, or at worst take your rig off and do it yourself). Any thoughts?
Thanks,
-Dan