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In this video, we discuss a serious inflator malfunction. This is not the common malfunction that occurs if harden lubricant, sand, or debris causes the inflator to leak air into you bouyancy control device or wing from your inflator hose. We are going to discuss what can happen if your inflator button detaches from the inflator. This includes what you can expect to happen, what to do, and what not to do. Finally, we discuss the importance of including an inflator hose detach and attach during the gear check.

[@divezonescuba]

The air leaking in the video would be going directly into the corrugated bcd hose and then into the bladder. They would result in a fast ascent unless air was dumped and the low pressure inflator hose was disconnected. The major difference between a regular inflator leak and this type of failure is that here both the deflation and the inflation circuits may be connected. So air that you blow into the inflator mouthpiece may also come out of the inflator fitting. What is still a mystery to me, is how the button became unscrewed in the first place.

[@louis840]

Hi Chris, great video, the leaks that we hear happens at the stem area and air goes out or does the leaking air goes inside the BCD with a fast ascent risk ? Kind regards