Top 5 bad habits in scuba diving ... Number 1 is certainly very popular, but is it really that bad ? : This one comes in as a clear No. 1. Many divers, after a dive, attempt to blow the cap on their regulator’s first stage dry by holding it to an open tank valve. This achieves a few things, none intended. First, a hissing tank is quite loud and can actually damage people’s hearing. Second, the hissing tends to scare people — as loud noises often do — especially with a lot of pressurized tanks all around. And finally, while this action does dry the cap, it often works by blowing water droplets into the first stage, driving them deep into the sensitive parts of the mechanism. This is exactly what you wanted to avoid by drying the cap in the first place, so it’s better to simply blow on the cap before replacing it. scubadiverlife/2014/03/21/the-five-worst-habits-in-scuba-diving/
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:20:22 +0000
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