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Hot take: I was checking my bailout bottle wrong for years and didn't know it
On a job in the Gulf last fall, my dive partner asked me to show him my bailout valve setup. I popped the cover and he just stared. He said, 'You're not cracking that valve open a quarter turn before you stow it, are you?' I'd been doing a full open and close check, thinking that was right. He explained the quarter-turn method keeps the o-ring seated and prevents a slow leak you'd never hear topside. Has anyone else had a supervisor or partner point out a basic habit you were doing backwards?
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susana661mo ago
My dad taught me to always check the oil in my first truck after it was warmed up. For years I did that, until a mechanic friend saw me and said checking it cold gives the real reading. It made me realize we often learn one way to do something basic and just stick with it. We don't question the routine unless someone with a different view points it out. That's probably true for a lot of skills, not just diving or cars.
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the_hugo1mo ago
Yeah and sometimes the "expert" who taught you was just wrong from the start.
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spencerm461mo agoMost Upvoted
Man, that's so true. @susana66, did you ever go back and ask your dad why he taught you the warm way?
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