Inspiration Classic and flooding...

bourskov

Hi...

I'm a new Rebreather diver, and I've bourgth an used Inspiration Classic, and I like the unit, so far...

I've heard a lot bad stuff about this Rebreather, but there is one thing I'm still thinking about.

The electronics in the head is not waterproof!? So, if I by accident is flooding the loop, is the unit then drowned for good!? Anyone who have tried this?

Best regards and merry christmas
Bo

Mark Chase

Describe to me how you think you will achieve such a total flood?

Short of a T piece falling off mid dive its unlikely to happen. If you get a flood stay vertical. Going horizontal or inverting is a very bad plan but the sea water still has to get past the scrubber and scrubber 0 ring before it hits the electronics. If the floods that bad shut up moaning about the cost of a new unit controler and thank your god your still alive.

ATB

Mark Chase

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The fact you are still alive means all the shit you heard about the YBOD is shit...

Blomman

I have never heard of someone with a total flood of their inspiration. Anyone who has?


// Blomman

Deep Thought

I've had dives where the exhale counterlung was 1/2 full due to operator error, two plus hours into cave dive (can't think of the reason right now but I recall it was terribly stupid at the moment) and dives where I have had excess water in the base of the scrubber, etc...all of these I would attribute to user error. The good thing is that the unit performed just fine!

I couldn't imagine what it would take to do a total flood, but then there are always hypothetical causes....

Enjoy diving your unit!

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chunter

A friend of mine had his electronics flooded. I don't know why, but I do know that he did a positive and negative check before the dive. I think the water got in through the exhale connection coming out of the top of the electronics. It doesn't take much water to cause a lot of trouble. I don't know what the repair cost him, but I think it was about $700 US.

As it has been said before, if you get gurggling, stay vertical and keep your unit vertical until you get somewhere to drain it.

Anyway, that being said, I have never had more than a few tablespoons of water in my unit after a dive. The Inspiration must be one of the more difficult units to screw up with flooding.

Aloha,
Charlie

bourskov

Thank you all for your replies... As I said, I'm new and I've heard tons of sh*t about the unit. So I'm glad to hear that it isn't that bad at all .

Thanks for the hints about staying vertical in case of a flood, I'll remember that, and hope not to flood it anyway ...

Best regards...
Bo

bourskov

Hi Mark...

It's not like I've got a clear description of it, just rumours.

You know, when you just spend a hole lot of your savings on a piece of equiment, then people are very quick to tell you how stupid you have been buying it, and how dangerous the unit is, and most likely kill you .

But... with the numbers of units worldwide compared to the numbers deaths (One death is one to many) I don't belive it's that dangerous. Of couse if you are behaving stupid, you'll get what you deserve, just like driving your car. But what do I know, I'm new ...

Best regards
Bo

jkaterenchuk

You did not mention if you have taken training on the unit or not. How to deal with a flood condition as well as many other issues would be covered in the mod 1 course.

John

IN468

In your Inspi mod1 training you will learn how to empty a half flooded counterlung,

a total flooded loop i only can imagine when a white shark takes the breathing hoses with him

then you can bail out