<html><head></head><body><p dir="ltr">Just be aware of the gas loss when this reg is charged. The bleed volume amounts to a few breaths over the course of a typical recreational dive.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sean<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On August 3, 2014 6:13:35 PM CDT, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>It is a Sherwood regulator, so I can assume it is normal . I will only turn it on in the event of a smoke filled sub.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Thanks</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br /><br /></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, August 3, 2014 5:26:06 PM, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br /> </font> </div> <br /><br /> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv3298517874"><div><div dir="ltr">The exception to this would be if the reg is a Sherwood. Sherwood first stages use a dry air bleed system which constantly vents a miniscule amount
of gas, instead of allowing seawater into the balance chamber. While this works, it makes it difficult to distinguish the bleed from a problematic leak.</div>
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<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><div class="yiv3298517874yqt8866461478" id="yiv3298517874yqtfd60116"><div class="yiv3298517874gmail_quote">On August 3, 2014 3:25:13 PM CDT, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="yiv3298517874gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;">
<div>Hi Hank,</div><div>the little non threaded holes are usually to let water pressure in to balance</div><div>the regulator to maintain your 130psi above ambient.</div><div>It sounds like o-rings or valve seat. Nothing should be leaking out of it.</div><div>It won't hurt if it's not much & you can get it serviced.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br clear="none" />Sent from my iPad</div><div><br clear="none" />On 4/08/2014, at 7:11 am, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div>Help</div><div>I bought a scuba regulator set for
emergency breathing. When I pressurize the system, the first stage regulator is venting out a small vent on the side of the regulator. The vent hole has no threads, so I assume!
it is a
vent. The amount of air is very slight, is this thing screwed. It works fine otherwise</div><div>Hank.</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none" /><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br clear="none" /><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br clear="none" /><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br clear="none" /></div></blockquote><pre class="yiv3298517874k9mail"></pre><div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: none; height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false"
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