In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast I discuss an age old debate about tank valves, should the air be all on or a quarter turn closed?

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Hey everyone it’s great to be with you today on another episode of The Dive Locker! Okay, we are going to hit a hot button debate item today. Tank valves. Do we open up the valve all the way or do we turn it a quarter turn back? The answer my friends is a definitively AIR ALL ON. And I’m going to prove it to you. This past weekend I actually filmed a video segment for my Beyond The Standard vlog with my old technique of a quarter turn closed. Well I proved why people die from this technique. This is why as an old school instructor who had been doing this quarter turn closed for about 25 years, gave this up a few years ago, because it can be dangerous. I will fully explain this issue in this episode.

Items In This Episode

• Alert Diver Article – Tank Valves and Out of Air Emergencies
• DAN’s Annual Diving Report on Diving Incidents, Injuries and Fatalities
• Beyond The Standard YouTube Episode

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