Dump valve getting stuck open

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Speaking of wing dumps...

I've had them leak a little and a lot, causing aborts and sometimes staying managable. Its always been in tight SM caves that grind sand into every possible space. Usually the dump is the least of the worries, free flowing regs and runaway inflators suck more in those instances...

[BgDadddy]

I had my butt dump get stuck open while I was diving in the Ginnie ballroom with my GF. I just stayed vertical the whole dive and it worked out fine. Would have been a pain way back in a cave though (depending on the cave).

[AB8CD]

Does anyone else think that the term "butt dump" is funny?

Yes, I am 51 years old with the sense of humor of a 12 year old.

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[Skorpiov]

Never had one stuck open, had a few stuck closed. The scariest thing I ever saw related to this was a stuck INFLATOR button. It was a student in a rental jacket type BC and fortunately at the surface, but I still get chills when I think about this happening at depth, whether in a cave or not.

[Greenwood_60]

Never had one stuck open, had a few stuck closed. The scariest thing I ever saw related to this was a stuck INFLATOR button. It was a student in a rental jacket type BC and fortunately at the surface, but I still get chills when I think about this happening at depth, whether in a cave or not.

This is one of the few things I had my GF practice handling when she first got her OW. Easy to handle if you don't have to think about it. It's one of the few things that is more dangerous in open water than in a cave.

[Leslie Sapp]

stuck INFLATOR button

Had this happen after one of the Hart cleanups last year. We had been working in suspended sand and silt for several days. After we had stopped work for a few days, I went back to check the flow from the vent we had been working in - as I dropped down to about 25 ft, I bumped the inflator to trim out just above the bottom and did an instant and unplanned free ascent! Subsequent investigation showed a few coarse grains of sand had caused the inflator button to stick.

I felt lucky to have come out of it with nothing more than a strong resolve to check my gear better in the future. Had it happened later in a deeper dive, I might not have gotten off so easily. Complacency Kills

[Spd 135]

Mat and I were in Gator Hole on the Millpond, a few years ago, and my pull/shoulder dump stuck open. We had just passed the 4th or 5th restriction if I recall correctly. I fiddled with it but gas just kept blowing out. I thought I pulled it off. When we surfaced at the millpond I pulled again and it worked correctly. I am guessing some trash got in and I couldn't clear it until I got out and was about to get vertical and gas blew it out. It sucked but no catastrophe.

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Its been too long since I've been to Gator

[Spd 135]

Its been too long since I've been to Gator

I did it around Thanksgiving. It was amazing what you can see when you are solo. I hope to be there in the next month with boat in tow.

[stairman]

Never had a mishap but did see a guy at Ginnie have his lower dump pull apart when the ball on the string got between the boards on the picknic table .