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Old 19-03-07, 01:33 PM
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After every lime change:

- leave the head open over night to dry
- grease the cannister o-rings and the dip tube on reassembly

When the bottom screen/tube assembly starts sticking then I clean the inside of the can.

Hoses/lungs get rinsed with water at the end of a trip. After a long dive then I might swill the lung gravy out of the hoses and lungs if I can be bothered. It's been disinfected once in two years, it left an aftertaste so I've never bothered again. It's still cleaner than my fridge is.

Any time I open up something for maintenance (battery change, etc) I grease any o-rings that get exposed. Otherwise I tend to leave it.

Regs get cleaned/relubed once a year, I've never had to change a part in a maintained Apeks reg (my main bailout reg is 15yrs old).

I have a pair of the old style KISS valves that don't need the servicing the newer ones do.

Everything gets a visual check when I'm assembling it and I keep an eye out for naughty behaviour throughout the dive.

Cheers,

Stuart
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