UBUC

Scuba Gear

To go Scuba Diving you will need some Scuba Gear!

For those that are new to the sport after your basic kit you will need some form of Bouyancy Compensator, A regulator set and a cylinder. The good news is that the club has all of these for you to use!

 Kit Assembly 

If you are unsure on how to put your kit together ask a member of the committee and they will be more than willing to show you how to do. In case you have been diving for a while and are having 'one of those days' below is a guide to setting up scuba gear:

Firstly you need to get a BC that is the correct size for you, If you look on the inside you will see a letter, S, M or L, small, medium and large respectively. With the correct BC you now need a cylinder to attach to the BC.

There are cam bands on the back of the BC that you drop the cylinder through, don't take apart the buckle to put it on as it is far easier if you don't have to re-thread this. Point the cylinder valvle towards the front of the BC and tighten up the cam bands. If you pick up the BC and give it a shake you can check if the cyclinder is tight (it shouldn't move).

Now you need a Reg set. remove the dust cap and tighten the clamp onto the cyclinder valve, making sure that the regulators run over the right shoulder of the BC. Connect the BC feed into the direct feed and secure it all into its retainer. Your gear is now good to go once you have done a self check of it.

Checking the Gear

Once you have set your gear up you need to check that everything is ok. This is the same as the buddy check but you aren't about to hop in the water. The self check is important because when you go diving for real you want to be sure everything works before you leave Bristol.

The self check: hold the pressure gauge agaisnt the cylinder and turn the cylinder on. If everything is correct you won't hear any hissing and you can check all of the gear. Check the cylinder is full, Breathe off both regulators checking that the pressure gauge doesn't flicker, the regs work and the air tastes fine. Inflate the BC to check that it holds air and it can dump the air again.

Assuming everthing is ok switch the air off and carry it into the pool if its a training night or if you are going diving dissasemble the gear, pack it into cars and go diving!