Healthy Regulators - The heart of your scuba unit
Photo: Fred Stratton By Fred Stratton Bubbles or Not Diving Instructor & Repair Technician fred@bubblesornot.com Your regulators are the heart of your scuba life support system. Like the body’s heart, your regulators will be there for you…if you take care of them. Keeping your scuba gear diveworthy involves periodic maintenance. Properly maintaining one’s vehicle is required to fulfill the owner’s warranty responsibility. Scuba manufacterers have the same requirement and the work must be performed by a trained, authorized technician. If your annual (or biannual) service is due in February but you plan to dive that month, set a reminder in your phone to get them serviced in January. This will keep your product in warranty and preclude having to rent gear at your dive destination. Other factors to consider are the manufacturer’s service requirements, number of dives since the last servicing, and your diving environment (salt water, fresh water, or cont