Advice on maintaining a regulator

Most serious activities demand certain investments. Diving is not an exception. High quality underwater equipment costs a lot therefore it will take much money at first. Having paid a large sum for a professional set a diver wants to use it for a long time without any problems. And this requires proper and prompt service of every element. In this article we will be discussing breathing regulator. Efficiency of this detail is very important because it directly reflects longevity and safety level that is provided at the time of diving. Regulator checking is based on a few principals.

• frequency. Service is carried out before the process of diving and after it. You mustn’t miss any of the steps.
• execution of all professional recommendations. In this article you will find a step by step instruction, every step is very important.
• Attentiveness. Check the device with utmost attention: do not get distracted on other things while doing it and no detail will slip away from you.

Even if diving training is a closed chapter for you than repeating regulator maintaining peculiarities will not hurt. As it has been said the process is divided into two steps. We will explain each step separately.

Checkup before diving

It is carried out in a few steps:

1. To begin with attach the regulator to the cylinder than breathe in with its help a few times. After that you should repeat the same process with an octopus. The process is goes along with checking the readings of the pressure sensor they must be normal.
2. Then check the hoses. Entire surface without fractures or other damages is the only suitable state. Same thing with the mouthpiece: holes, fractures are unacceptable. Metal elements should be checked for quality: in a good state they don’t have any signs of corrosion.
3. If you have protective cases for hoses then they need to be taken off the first stage. This will help examine the hidden parts.
4. After the described procedures regulator needs to be taken off, change the cap that keeps dust off, take a deep breath on each regulator and keep vacuum. At this a working device issues a barely visible steam of air, but the air is not going backwards.
5. Last step: checking the carcass of the demand valve. They must be intact without any damage.

Getting ready for diving in Eilat do not forget this memo. If during a checkup you found small imperfections, turn to specialists immediately. Don’t risk using questionable equipment.

Checkup after diving

1. Rinsing the device, it is important to control the demand valve. It should not be pressed into. You also need to check the dust protecting cap, its ideal position is fastened to the construction.
2. For a thorough rinse bailout valve is put under a jet of water. Parts of demand valve are rinsed with a warm jet of water and it passes through the mouthpiece and comes out trough permit valve.
3. Hose that connects inflator of low pressure should be rinsed in warm water too. In doing so the sliding coupling should move back and forth.

If you do all the above mentioned procedures attentively and promptly you will be able to keep your equipment in the due state for a long time. But before going on diving vacation to Israel we recommend you to recall how to maintain your other diving equipment elements.

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Scuba diving is a fun pastime!

Eilat is a natural resort famous all over the world. The sun, the sea, excellent climate and crystal clear sea water – all this is Eilat. And if it is not enough, here you can find entertainment of all sorts for active and curious tourist. But the most fascinating thing you can do in this heaven on Earth is trying a thrilling attraction – introductory diving with an instructor for beginners. Even those, who never tried diving and can’t swim, can receive plenty of unforgettable impressions. You are given a unique opportunity to listen to an introduction of a diving instructor, put on a wetsuit and diving equipment and dive down 6 meters where you can see the beauty of a coral reef with your own eyes. This attraction takes 1 or 1.5 hours.

Indescribable natural beauty

Many people think that the coral reef of the Red sea can be seen only in Egypt, but they are wrong. Actually it stretches up to the very coast of the Israeli Eilat. What is more, right here the coral reef unfolds and shows its real beauty. The sea water is so transparent that gives divers 40 meters visibility under water. If you wish you will be able to see all the secrets of the reef, thoroughly hidden under the water. Even experienced divers find something in Eilat that takes them off their feet.
The resort saved numerous exotic sea organisms to this day – coral polyps. Coral reef stretches along the whole coastline of Eilat, beginning at the north beach not far from the border with Aqaba, Jordan. But the most interesting dive-sites are situated on the south coast “Coral beach” and they stretch to the very border with Egypt, Taba. In the coral reef area one can observe such exotic sea inhabitants as sea turtles and sea-hedgehogs, sponges, shellfish, octopi, ink-fish as well as colorful tropical fish.

All this diversity of the Eilat reserve is available to you, if you turn to AHLA DIVE. We specialize on sport scuba diving. We have courses for beginners that are called Open Water Diver 5 days. Some people call these courses First Star. Scuba Diver course – are the first three days of Open Water course. Then a person can spend 2 more days training and receive his first star in diving.

What is scuba diving?

The notion comes from the abbreviation from the English Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. So, scuba diving – is immersion in the water with special equipment. It is a course for people who want to try themselves in the new and unknown sphere or for those who want to spend their few days of vacation unforgettably. It includes the initial diving course for 5 days. A three-day course – is a excellent solution for those who have not decided yet whether they want to go through the whole training or for people with no free time. It includes theoretical and practical lessons with experienced teachers.

If you dream of seeing the beauty of the underwater world of Eilat, but are not sure whether you want to take it up seriously, than Intro-dive is your choice – and introductory dive with an experienced instructor. Just in 30 or 45 minutes you will be able to enjoy the picturesque places of the reef at the depth of 6 meters. Intro-dive is available for everybody of 8 to 80 years old. It does not require any specific skills, a participant merely needs to fill in a medical form, listen to a 10-minute instruction and go through a few practical lessons.

Even if you will now choose the short introductory dive, you will still enrich your inner world and get unforgettable impressions and feelings, that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

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Practicing diving? Keep to the immersion rules

Diving is a relatively safe kind of sport, but only when all the team members follow the immersion rules. We advise you to learn the peculiarities if this kind of activity and go through diving training if you do not want to encounter emergencies. Below you will find a list of rules of behavior under water that is especially useful to beginners.

What every diver must know

The basic rules for a diver are:

1. It is forbidden to dive alone.
2. Rising to the surface should be performed at the speed of air bubbles.
3. Diving deeper than 40 meters is dangerous.
4. Diving without a plan is potentially dangerous.
5. Mind the time, air supply and depth.
6. If you do not feel well, don’t dive.
7. If you suddenly feel bad under water, ascend immediately.
8. Check the equipment before diving
9. Alcohol is diver’s enemy.

All these point are discussed in diving training courses, repetition is the mother of learning.

What to do in case of emergency

If something went wrong, there is no time to think, you should act promptly. If you are starting to feel bad – ascend. If your partner is in trouble you should establish the priorities, access the situation and immediately do the following: call for rescue service, organize transportation and provide the person with medical assistance.

After the diving

Climb onto the board of the ship slowly. Do not forget to thoroughly rinse and dry the equipment.

If you are planning to dive after a long break, take a diving lesson with an instructor to help you brush up your skills. Your safety under water depends largely on you – remember that. 

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