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Open Water Skill: Free Flowing Regulator

By Nicholas McLaren, About.com

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Aim, Reason to Learn, and Step One

Free Flowing Regulator Step 1

Free Flowing Regulator Step 1

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Aim: To breathe normally from a free flowing regulator.

Reason to Learn: Second stage regulators are designed to be fail safe, meaning that if anything fails inside the regulator it will flow continuously rather than ceasing to work. In the unlikely event that your regulator fails and begins to free flow you need to learn how to continue breathing from it safely.

Step One: Tilt you head to the right and take the left side of the mouthpiece out of your mouth. You should keep the right side of the mouth piece firmly in your mouth.

It's important to tilt you head to the right as your regulator hose comes out of the right side of the regulator and if this hose is subjected to the flow of air coming out of the regulator it can make it difficult to keep the regulator in your mouth.

Index: Open Water Skill: Free Flowing Regulator

  1. Aim, Reason to Learn, and Step One
  2. Step Two
  3. Step Three

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