stage regs - any preference

[MartyC]

Slightly off topic, but has anyone had issues with DS4's not sealing properly?
I have one that doesn't seem to want to form a good seal on my stage, the 1st stage and cylinder are both 232 bar fittings and the o ring looks good.
Marty

[robertsT]

Originally Posted by IanDennis

I would suggest the Scubapro MK2 or M25.

MK2 is reliable, easy to service, simple to 02 clean.

Really? I've just taken my Mk2 in to my LDS to have it O2 cleaned so i can use it as a deco reg and was told its actually quite complicated as various bits need replacing. maybe this is just the first time its cleaned though??

[Woz]

Originally Posted by robertsT

Really? I've just taken my Mk2 in to my LDS to have it O2 cleaned so i can use it as a deco reg and was told its actually quite complicated as various bits need replacing. maybe this is just the first time its cleaned though??

Hahahahahahahah find another LDS. A mk2 1st stage has 2 O rings and an HP seat. I can split one down into its component parts in about 30 seconds.

Bricks are more complicated.

[robertsT]

Originally Posted by Woz

Hahahahahahahah find another LDS. A mk2 1st stage has 2 O rings and an HP seat. I can split one down into its component parts in about 30 seconds.

Bricks are more complicated.

Ok, How much should it coast to get a Mk2 and R190 Serviced and 02 cleaned??

[Woz]

Originally Posted by robertsT

Ok, How much should it coast to get a Mk2 and R190 Serviced and 02 cleaned??

Well the first stage parts cost about a fiver, or if you use industrial bits, about 10p.

My local chappie charges £20 plus bits. I reckon £35 should be about right if they are going to make some money out of it.

Alternatively do it yourself*. 2 O rings, an HP seat and a clean. Piece of piss on a mk2.

* or not if you can't

[robertsT]

Originally Posted by Woz

Well the first stage parts cost about a fiver, or if you use industrial bits, about 10p.

My local chappie charges £20 plus bits. I reckon £35 should be about right if they are going to make some money out of it.

Alternatively do it yourself*. 2 O rings, an HP seat and a clean. Piece of piss on a mk2.

* or not if you can't

Ok, thanks I think I might being riped off!!

[Rod Abbotson]

If I have one that doesn't work it goes in the bin & I put one on that does work.

Easy to do if you live in a Western democracy! I just got charged 180 quid (import tax) for a $36 1st stage rebuild kit delivered by DHL! Ouch.
I do have a supply chain via AFPO and BFPO boxes in surrounding countries but I have to wait for these friends to visit. So one has to make do with what one has - repair it or otherwise! I can't pop around to my local dive shop! As I am that shop! LOL

[Rod Abbotson]

Slightly off topic, but has anyone had issues with DS4's not sealing properly?
I have one that doesn't seem to want to form a good seal on my stage, the 1st stage and cylinder are both 232 bar fittings and the o ring looks good.

Make sure that the din fitting has inadvertantly come loose from the reg - this happens a lot and is something to check.
Check both sealing surfaces of the O ring. Also is the face of the DS4 DIN fitting dented? I had a scubapro like this with a diver last week it would seal on the left post but sealed on the right post of his twinset OK, ended up with a weird configuration though! (All other regs sealed on both these posts OK so the reg was the problem in this case!)

Personally I use all 300bar din fittings on all my twins and deco tanks except a set of twin 15 steelies that has a scubapro 232 bar manifold and valves I have sometimes had problems with seals on this but usually due to dirt inside the valve on the sealing face.

Rod

[liamm]

i managed to get my mk2 o2 cleaned for £30 which i was quite happy with (jackson sports belfast). Is it possible to get the manuals to do it yourself? one of the the excuses i was given was that the hp seat isnt compatible with high pressure o2, during the o2 clean does this get changed to a different one or is this fantasy?

[robertsT]

Originally Posted by liamm

one of the the excuses i was given was that the hp seat isnt compatible with high pressure o2, during the o2 clean does this get changed to a different one or is this fantasy?

This is what I was told and the explanation for why it was so expensive....