[JAG]

<font color='#000080'>Hi Guys,

I've been reading with great interest the debate on Autodump experiences. I had a bit of an experience yesterday that I'm not too sure what to do about.

I was trying out a new Wing so decided to dive first of all using the wing for buoyancy instead of the suit. Dump fully open. Whilst descending starting feeling a bit of a suit squeeze and added a touch of air to the suit just to ease it. Round about the 10-12 m mark, felt a sudden rush of cold under my dump valve, I presumed I had a leak. Whilst dekitting, sure enough I had a slightly damp arm. Nothing to much but noticeable. On the second dive decided to do the same kind of dive to try and prove the leak and ascertain under what circumstances it was happening. Sure enough, going down to 16m the same thing happened again. The dump was fully open and I used just a touch of air to try to ease the squeeze, but when I felt the rush of cold again under the dump valve my suit I was still in the process of easing the squeeze. On dekitting, again, it was nothing too much, just noticeable.

Is it &quot;normal&quot; for the dump valve to leak slightly under these conditions? If I had added more air to the suit would the pressure have stopped the leak from happening? I didn't have this problem when using the suit in a similar way at Horsea, which was a max depth of about 8m. Or should I contact the supplier (Kent Diving) and explain to them. It's only a few weeks old.

Many thanks,

Ian