Quote: (Originally Posted by mothball)
How many Draeger Dolphin divers were "drydocked" and for how long because of the Draeger-Aqualung merge. I am just wondering because the dealer I bought my rebreather from couldn't get the proper overhaul parts for almost 2 years. I bought my Dolphin in March '03, dove 8 dives, then life happpened. Then I was getting ready to dive again, so I took it to the dealer thinking that he would give a it quick look-over and an okay sign. Instead he said it would be a good idea if I had it overhauled because it sat idle for 9 months. Well, my attitude was, and still is, that this is "just" life support systems we're talking about here so maybe I better take good advice, especially being such a novice with the system. That is when I started to get the "Aqualung and Draeger are having difficulties right now and they don't have overhaul kits available" line. I guess the happy ending is that I now have my Dolphin back and in working order. I have six dives with it since I got it back. Did anybody else have such an ordeal with their Dolphins in the US or abroad?
As has been mentioned, W&S and tecme are great sources for Drager parts. I recently ordered parts from both, and they got here within about 3 weeks, and I'm on a small caribbean island where nothing gets here quick. The W&S site is beautifully done for being able to see the exploded drawings and get exactly the right part number for what you want.
If I need Drager parts again, I'll go to them right off.
Darlene