-=> Quoting Beery Miller to Achim Lohse <=-
 >   I'm trying to find out if the leak in the gauge casing signifies an
 >   explosive potential, a point on which I'm still not clear.
 BM> If your gauge is leaking air, you are indeed risking a situation where
 BM> some point in time that gauge will explode, first blowing glass all
 BM> over the place, and since it's a high pressure line, you will empty
 BM> your air supply very rapidly. 
  It's not leaking air, water is leaking into the gauge housing.
 BM> If any water is coming back into the gauge, you are also risking a
  Hmm. What do you mean "back"? I don't see how water could leak back 
  in a high pressure line.
 BM> problem of corrosion from the reverse direction.  If your diving in
  Achim
  Achim Lohse...Box2250, Invermere BC, V0A 1KO
  lohse@rockies.net/a.lohse@netcom.ca
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