-> > I'm not sure many people die from anything and sue anybody, but
-> their > families might sue for them.  My wife's old BC had a defect
-> in the > inflator which caused it to continuously leak air into the
-> BC.  She got > tired enough of letting air out all the time that she
-> disconnected the > inflator hose.  Stuff goes wrong with BC's too
-> which, under the wrong
-> The agency I dive with has what they call a BCP program where the BC
-> is inspected yearly, and any required maintenance is done.  Ideally,
-> if there is a problem with a BC, it should be serviced before
-> contininuing to dive.
-> I suspect all that was wrong with the BC was it needed a 10 cent
-> o-ring.
Nope.  Normally, you'd be correct.  This time, it was a defect in the
plastic casting of the inflator itself.  It worked fine until a weak
point gave out and let air leak into the BC continuously.
Lee
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