How many time did you flood your unit

[scubadam67]

funny Forrest all of mine have been on prototype units as well. mike tells a great story of my first caustic cocktail where he found me walking the shore pucking. he asked me why i was walking around and i told him i was looking for a dog so i could its butt and get this taste out of my mouth.

[rchrds]

Flooded only once that was my fault completely- I was new to my machine, and had not developed the muscle memory for changing my BOV to OC before taking it out of my mouth- pretty much complete flood. Good thing, I was only prebreathing at the surface prior to a dive- swapped scrubber cannisters (I have several) shook out the water, and made the dive. Other times, my breathers have old OPV valves- replacements are no longer available, so they tend to weep a bit of water. The worst ones, right before they get thrown out barely hold a negative pressure test, or not for very long. These tend to let water into the counterlung, and over a 4 hour dive there will be a significant amount of water in the counterlung. Not a full flood, as long as I stay horizontal, it doesn't hit the scrubber, but if I go vertical for some reason, the slime/water can hit the lowest part of the scubber bed and start channeling.

jason

[Doppler]

Operator error putting bottom of scrubber together... not a huge deal and really obvious!

[adam0321]

I wish I had one of my own to flood. I have finaly got it between two models. And the Marine Corps jusr brought back our re-up bonus so I just might be on the loop before to long.