how does it come unscrewed...Scubadad probably has the best answer...expansion and contraction...just something else to think about...
Dang it Mark...NOW you did give me something ELSE to think about!
Posted 13 July 2006 - 03:50 AM
how does it come unscrewed...Scubadad probably has the best answer...expansion and contraction...just something else to think about...
Posted 13 July 2006 - 10:36 AM
Well then thank goodness for the dip tubes - would hate to suck a tank gnome into my reg...tank gnomesNow my question is...how the heck do they fall off???
Posted 14 July 2006 - 06:16 PM
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 09:14 PM
When i got my new steel tanks, the valves and dip tubes were unattached. I attached them, but i also thought of this. I like the loctite idea.
Posted 14 July 2006 - 10:22 PM
There is a red colored equivalent to loctite that is fine for even oxygen service. I have it on all of my valve snorkels for at least the last three years without incident. I don't know the brand. I just recall having this exact discussion with my LDS when they were assembling everything.When i got my new steel tanks, the valves and dip tubes were unattached. I attached them, but i also thought of this. I like the loctite idea.
I don't think you want to be breathing it.
Posted 15 July 2006 - 07:59 AM
There is a red colored equivalent to loctite that is fine for even oxygen service. I have it on all of my valve snorkels for at least the last three years without incident. I don't know the brand. I just recall having this exact discussion with my LDS when they were assembling everything.When i got my new steel tanks, the valves and dip tubes were unattached. I attached them, but i also thought of this. I like the loctite idea.
I don't think you want to be breathing it.
Posted 15 July 2006 - 09:01 AM
There is a red colored equivalent to loctite that is fine for even oxygen service. I have it on all of my valve snorkels for at least the last three years without incident. I don't know the brand. I just recall having this exact discussion with my LDS when they were assembling everything.When i got my new steel tanks, the valves and dip tubes were unattached. I attached them, but i also thought of this. I like the loctite idea.
I don't think you want to be breathing it.
I would be curious to know the exact manufacturer and product if you can come up with it.
Posted 15 July 2006 - 04:15 PM
Thank you DG!!! You are the best...and now I don't feel like a DIP trying to know what a 'dip tube' is.
Now my question is...how the heck do they fall off???
Edited by Brinybay, 15 July 2006 - 04:17 PM.
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Posted 15 July 2006 - 06:57 PM
Thank you DG!!! You are the best...and now I don't feel like a DIP trying to know what a 'dip tube' is.
Now my question is...how the heck do they fall off???
My pony tank dip tube did that once. They can become loose do to various reasons. It was just a matter of removing the tank valve, inspecting and cleaning it, then screwing it back on. Even though it's not a complicated task, I wouldn't do the service myself, take it to a shop.
Posted 17 July 2006 - 04:47 PM
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