Originally Posted by acelockco
No I did not! I said to verify proper operation! When a reg was brought in with a specific complaint. After tear down and rebuild, I would dive that reg(on a separate tank) to make sure that the complaint was rectified. For it is only in the water that you are 100% sure of the fix.
To answer the other question, No there is no organization to certify technicians. The only "oversight" is through the controls the individual manufacturers have in place.
Well, if there is no official certification or governing agency, the I am in business. I am going to have to speak with my friends in regards to getting parts, but I know that won't be the problem. Tools are also pretty easy to get.
I am not saying I am ready to work on regulators yet, but the parts and certification issue are taken care of. In fact, maybe I can just become affiliated with my friends dive shop as I know they don't have anyone to service their gear yet.
As far as learning how to make repairs, I am going to have to start reading. Maybe by going through my friends dive shop, I can get into the manufacturers classes.
You know, ACE, I did this 25 years ago when I started teaching; maybe protocol has changed since.
I taught at Laguna Sea Sports, and asked the shop manager, and the owner, respectively, for the contact info for the different manufacturers I was interested in (Scubapro, Oceanic, and Sherwood,) I got course info, took a half to 1 day seminar each, and was certified as a repair tech.
I was able to order rebuild kits through the shop as needed.
Pretty simple, really.
Let me know how it is for you.
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Cool,
I will let you know how it all pans out. I just love fixing things (that's why I am a locksmith), so this will really be perfect for me. Gives me something to do in the evenings during the off season. I already service all of my other gear, just not the regs.
Now I am going to have to look into some general liability insurance, but that is not really a big deal. I already have one policy for the lock business.
I made some of the tools myself and had a machinist friend make some stuff up for me too. Replacement parts can be found from third party sources in some cases, like o-rings for example. But there are certainly little dodads it would be nice to have access to what an authorized dealer can get. Ace if you are used to working on locks I would think reg repair would be right up your alley. The liability factor is what holds me back from doing work on other's regs.
Well you ALWAYS want to have liablility insurance when you are working on anything, especially something like regulators for obvious reasons. It is not really a big deal, and is not very expensive in the big picture.
I have general liability insurance for my business for $1,000,000 and it costs me under $800/year. When I first started out I had a $300,000 policy and it was only $280/year.
You mean like my completely redundant system? You know additional cylinder and regulator.
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