Failure points.

[Dr Stevil]

Oi! I don't pay my taxes so unemployed layabouts can spend their time messing around on the internet, get down the JobCentre and find yourself something gainful to do, you dole-wallah    Either that or get off the 'puta and get stuck into the washing and ironing Fi should have left for you

[Gavin Yates]

<font color='#000F22'>What do you mean &quot;dole wallah&quot; I'm certainly not going to queue up with the great unwashed.

Anyway, I've been building websites this week so I'm not eligible for benefit.

I did the ironing on Monday and the cleaning lady is in on Friday &nbsp;

[Diving Dude]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Steve W @ Oct. 29 2003,10:43)]God! I wish I'd been a plumber instead of a scientist  

You scientist guys are nowhere near clever enough to be in the building trade  

Anyway you wouldn't know what to do with the dosh.

[Helen F H]

I dont have a manifold. &nbsp;This is because i cant turn them off without a slob knob. &nbsp;i dont like slob knobs cos i will, eventually, end up teaching and they seem waaaay complicated to trainees (i remember my instructor taking 5 mins to explain what it all did, i was concentrating on breathing!). &nbsp;
I cant turn off a manifold cos my arms are too short, and you are honestly telling me im supposed to be able to shut them off when the shit hits the fan? &nbsp;I dont mind swapping regs - i used to be stuck under the water for ages with no air when i used to teach watersports, so being able to breathe is a novelty!

[Rupert Bear]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Finless @ Oct. 21 2003,11:24)]I am mainly worried about a &quot;catastrophic failure&quot; - I just don't believe they happen on manifolds in normal use (which excludes smashing it into wrecks etc

I just noticed this and it raised a chuckle. I generally bash my valves and manifolds off wrecks, rocks and anywhere there is a hole and carry it by the manifold all the time and never had a single problem.
As long as you are using a decent manifold and have them rigidly mounted in good quality SS bands they are pretty much bombproof. It is when they are mounted in cheap bands or cam straps that the flexing causes problems. Probably the easist way of preventing maor problems is to make sure you fix any minor ones right away and don't let them develop into major ones

[Tibbs]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Steve W @ Oct. 21 2003,11:56)]Re Sams post, that's one of the added benefits of the vavle guard, stops inexperienced folk grabbing the twinset by it's manifold, it's instinctive but unless they've been told they won't know it's wrong.
Tend to agree that some folk think that everything is going to fail just because there is a slight or perceived potential for it to happen, makes you wonder why some folk ever get into the water

I have a simpler and cheaper way of stopping this problem.

Don't let clueless people touch your kit!

I'm a lazy person and I have no problem carrying my cylinders wherever I go. The only people I let touch my rig are my buddies who have twins and know how to handle them and one of the dive shops I use because they know as well, and even then not all the guys who fill the cylinders.

Easy way to save £100.

It's always better to cure the disease than alleviate the symptoms.

Chris

[beanie]

<font color='#8D38C9'>mine failed by the valve unscrewing (the nut that holds the valve in) - this was one the beach on day one of my mix course