Dumb Question: DIN Dust Caps

"ferret" <ferret@cruelmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 23 Sep 2003 16:58:54 GMT, dixit Alasdair Allan
> <aa@ukrecscuba.org.uk>:
>
> >Err, I just throw them in a barrel along with my wet kit. This also seems
> >to work...
> >
> >I've never washed my kit, except the breather, and even with the breather
> >I'm not as manic about it as alot of people. Dive kit is a hell of alot
> >more robust than most people seem to think.
>
> Nice one, Al.
>
> I think that ought to go in the UKRS hall of fame all time great
> humorous quotes page, or something.

Al talking about his kit being Robust?..... Naaaa


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"Andy C" <andynokinchance.c@dreamon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "ferret" <ferret@cruelmail.com> wrote in message
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> > On 23 Sep 2003 16:58:54 GMT, dixit Alasdair Allan
> > <aa@ukrecscuba.org.uk>:
> >
> > >Err, I just throw them in a barrel along with my wet kit. This also
seems
> > >to work...
> > >
> > >I've never washed my kit, except the breather, and even with the
breather
> > >I'm not as manic about it as alot of people. Dive kit is a hell of alot
> > >more robust than most people seem to think.
> >
> > Nice one, Al.
> >
> > I think that ought to go in the UKRS hall of fame all time great
> > humorous quotes page, or something.
>
> Al talking about his kit being Robust?..... Naaaa
>
>

You rotten buggers! I was half hoping for a clever idea or technological
breakthrough...

Ho, hum. I'll just try to be less manic then...

CAS

CAS wrote:

> You rotten buggers! I was half hoping for a clever idea or technological
> breakthrough...

Perhaps you just didn't wait long enough. As I posted a minute or so ago,
but not so concisely. Use the screw on plastic cap for your regulator and
the screw in plastic plug for your valve. When you're ready to kit up,
screw the plug into the cap, stick it in your drysuit pocket and enjoy your
dive. When your return, blow the outside water away (by mouth is find),
unscrew them, put them in the valve, on the regulator and get on with your
business.

Lee

"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> CAS wrote:
>
> > You rotten buggers! I was half hoping for a clever idea or
technological
> > breakthrough...
>
> Perhaps you just didn't wait long enough. As I posted a minute or so ago,
> but not so concisely. Use the screw on plastic cap for your regulator and
> the screw in plastic plug for your valve. When you're ready to kit up,
> screw the plug into the cap, stick it in your drysuit pocket and enjoy
your
> dive. When your return, blow the outside water away (by mouth is find),
> unscrew them, put them in the valve, on the regulator and get on with your
> business.
>
> Lee
>
>

Nice one Lee! That is exactly the sort of thing I was after...

Now to go and get said accessories!

CAS

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"CAS" <calumscott@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<bkph5n$4b6pg$1@ID-193985.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> I know its not like me to ask really dumb questions[1] but its been bugging
> me since Sunday.
>
> Parked in the top carpark at Stoney.
> Kitted up.
> Walked down.
> Had nice dive.
> Got out.
> Started to walk back to car.
> Thought "Bugger this, I'll put the cylinder in for a fill, it'll save
> carrying it all the way up and back"
> Removed regs.
> Removed cylinder from BC.
> Put cylinder in for fill.
>
> At this point I've got a wet BC slung over my wet[2] drysuit shoulder, wet
> hands, dripping hair etc. and I'm thinking... "I don't want to get water in
> my brand spanky new[3] TX40s" and have to carry them up the road carefully
> avoiding dripping in them.
>
> Being used to A-clamp rental regs, this was never a problem, they generally
> have those flat dust caps that you can wipe the water away and clamp them on
> straight away.
>
> We get to the car and de-kit and I dry off the threads of the reg and pop
> the dust cap on.
> We see people leaving the bottom carpark so decide to de-camp to there.
>
> We have dive two.
> Dekitting after dive two I go through the towelling of the threads[4] and
> application of the dustcap routine and think -
>
> there has to be a better way...
>
> ...so how do you lot do it?

Well, firstly, don't park in the top car park at Stoney Cove :o)

I usually take my whole rig back to the car, where my dust caps are,
remove & cap the regs, then take the cylinders to the fill station on
my fold-up wheeled trolley :o)

Lazy, I know..

I've never yet bothered to dry the threads on the DIN fitting - what
does this accomplish? The dust caps have O-ring seals so the water
can't get from the thread to the insides..

"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> CAS wrote:
>
> > You rotten buggers! I was half hoping for a clever idea or
technological
> > breakthrough...
>
> Perhaps you just didn't wait long enough. As I posted a minute or so ago,
> but not so concisely. Use the screw on plastic cap for your regulator and
> the screw in plastic plug for your valve. When you're ready to kit up,
> screw the plug into the cap, stick it in your drysuit pocket and enjoy
your
> dive. When your return, blow the outside water away (by mouth is find),
> unscrew them, put them in the valve, on the regulator and get on with your
> business.

My DIN plugs have a cord round them which is tied below the pillar valve.
Cap gets screwed onto the plug when setting the tank up, unscrewed and dried
when stripping the tank down *shrug* nice and simple.

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Pete S. wrote:
> Alasdair Allan wrote:
> > Err, I just throw them in a barrel along with my wet kit. This also
> > seems to work...
> >
> > I've never washed my kit, except the breather, and even with the
> > breather I'm not as manic about it as alot of people. Dive kit is a
> > hell of alot more robust than most people seem to think.
>
> So is this why you break your kit more often than anyone else I know....

When was the last time my kit failed underwater though? A very, very long
time ago. Considering how much diving I do, and how little kit maintenance,
I think my failure rate is pretty low.

Al.

On 24 Sep 2003 10:54:27 GMT, Alasdair Allan <aa@ukrecscuba.org.uk>
wrote:

>Pete S. wrote:
>> Alasdair Allan wrote:
>> > Err, I just throw them in a barrel along with my wet kit. This also
>> > seems to work...
>> >
>> > I've never washed my kit, except the breather, and even with the
>> > breather I'm not as manic about it as alot of people. Dive kit is a
>> > hell of alot more robust than most people seem to think.
>>
>> So is this why you break your kit more often than anyone else I know....
>
>When was the last time my kit failed underwater though? A very, very long
>time ago. Considering how much diving I do, and how little kit maintenance,
>I think my failure rate is pretty low.
>
I didn't say underwater!! Just that you break it.....

Pete S.

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:54:40 +0100, ferret <ferret@cruelmail.com>
wrote:

>On 23 Sep 2003 16:58:54 GMT, dixit Alasdair Allan
><aa@ukrecscuba.org.uk>:
>
>>Err, I just throw them in a barrel along with my wet kit. This also seems
>>to work...
>>
>>I've never washed my kit, except the breather, and even with the breather
>>I'm not as manic about it as alot of people. Dive kit is a hell of alot
>>more robust than most people seem to think.
>
>Nice one, Al.
>
>I think that ought to go in the UKRS hall of fame all time great
>humorous quotes page, or something.

Maybe the or something.
Our dive gear is used every day. All of it is soaked in a iodine or
bleach disinfectant bath for 1/2 and hour prior to diving.
It is not dried, not blown out, just rinsed over the side before
sticking the reg in the mouth, it stays in the box overnight until it
is used again.
We do quite a lot of dives, what problems should we be getting?
We don't have any.
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:50:38 +0200, dixit Steve Barlow
<steve.barlow@steve.hi-wide.net>:

>Maybe the or something.
>Our dive gear is used every day. All of it is soaked in a iodine or
>bleach disinfectant bath for 1/2 and hour prior to diving.
>It is not dried, not blown out, just rinsed over the side before
>sticking the reg in the mouth, it stays in the box overnight until it
>is used again.
>We do quite a lot of dives, what problems should we be getting?
>We don't have any.

You're not Al, though, are you?

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