Primary on right or left post?

[TONY CHANEY]

Now that's funny I don't care who you are.

[LiteHedded]

if you put it on the left post you might as well not even put a long hose on it

[Line Squirrel]

Which is my left shoe? The one that sits to the left as they are in my closet, or the one that goes on my left foot?

LOL!

[mfsmith1964]

Why not just check regulators frequently? Especially after bumping/grinding into the ceiling. When I used to dive bm I checked both regs several times during the dive.

[Wizard]

Why not just check regulators frequently? Especially after bumping/grinding into the ceiling. When I used to dive bm I checked both regs several times during the dive.

You are so right! Awareness is the best defense for avoiding disaster.

[jxh2297]

Yeah I agree I just thought it was weird that the textbook said left post, wanted to know why

[Shocky]

Interesting discussion. Had a roll off coming out of the Eye about half way back when I was lugging doubles. Primary started breathing had, switched, no problem. Did my safety stop, started to come up, no gas in the wing. Oh yea, I forgot. Anyone spent inflating orally, not all that easy.

[allen]

Shelly Orlowski told me that many years ago people did put the long hose on the left so that if one had to switch to the back up in an emergency the back up was almost certain to work. If the backup is on the left and one has to switch to it finding it rolled off could cause panic.
I now put my long hose on the right (as almost everyone does) so that if I donate my reg I will be donating a working reg to a near-panicked diver. If I, the relatively calm donor, can't breathe off my backup, the first thing I will think of is "roll-off", and I will reach back and turn it on. Experience is the best teacher: I've been rolled off twice in Telford and once in Owl hole; the incredibly good gas consumption on the guage is a dead giveaway.

[tflaris]

Shelly Orlowski told me that many years ago people did put the long hose on the left so that if one had to switch to the back up in an emergency the back up was almost certain to work. If the backup is on the left and one has to switch to it finding it rolled off could cause panic.
I now put my long hose on the right (as almost everyone does) so that if I donate my reg I will be donating a working reg to a near-panicked diver. If I, the relatively calm donor, can't breathe off my backup, the first thing I will think of is "roll-off", and I will reach back and turn it on. Experience is the best teacher: I've been rolled off twice in Telford and once in Owl hole; the incredibly good gas consumption on the guage is a dead giveaway.

+1. Well stated. Pass a known working reg to an out of air diver.


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[FW]

+1. Well stated. Pass a known working reg to an out of air diver.

If the reg was in your mouth, you know it is working. If your back up sin't working, you can buddy breathe, until you figure out the problem. Besides, you should check your backup occasionally.