PhilSiswick

Thanks everyone. The good news (for me) is that I'm pretty much on the right lines. I'll do a condition check of the loop after my last dive of the year and, if it looks necessary, get new O-rings. The head can stay unserviced until I have any problems.

I'll keep checking the IP and general condition of the regs and only get them serviced if they need it. I'm going to look into doing it myself - does anyone know whether APD do a service manual for them (I have the APD first stages, rather than Apeks DSxs).

O2 cleaning remains a challenge. I don't fill myself and I use a range of dive shops/boats, so need to be 'legal' to ensure getting a fill. Looks like I'll need to pucker up and take the hit of the cost of cleaning those. I'm going to look into getting a booster and shop compressor, but that'll take a little while.

Many thanks again - a wonderful help.

Cheers,

__________________
Phil

No comment on open circuit... it's an evolutionary dead end not really worth discussing here. Dave Sutton, 2007

I have always felt that the dive I am on is not nearly important as the dives I plan to be on the rest of my life. Tom Rose, 2007

www.hugsac.org.uk