Title: How a Scuba Diving Regulator Works - AquaViews - Leisure Pro
Headings: How a Scuba Diving Regulator Works
How a Scuba Diving Regulator Works
What is a Scuba Diving Regulator?
How Does a Scuba Regulator Work?
Parts of a Scuba Diving Regulator
First Stage Regulator
Second Stage Regulator
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Content: To help ensure your safety, as well as the proper use of your scuba diving equipment, it helps to know exactly how a scuba regulator works. How Does a Scuba Regulator Work? Scuba diving is essentially about being able to stay in the water—and at greater depths—for a long time. You’ll obviously need a lot of breathable air, but storing it in its basic form won’t allow you to last long underwater. The only way that more air can be brought with you underwater is to pressurize and compress it inside cylinder tanks. Divers then rely on scuba regulators to decrease the stored high-pressure air to a much safer pressure level every time they inhale through the connected mouthpiece. Parts of a Scuba Diving Regulator
Scuba regulators do the critical job of delivering breathable air from pressurized air tanks to divers by working in two stages: First Stage Regulator
As mentioned above, air is compressed and stored in the tank under high pressure, usually about 3,000 pounds per square inch (psi). In order to reduce this pressure, the regulator first stage, which attaches to the tank valve, lowers the tank pressure to intermediate pressure (about 140psi) for release into a hose that leads to the regulator’s second stage. The valve in the first stage opens to let some air into the hose and then closes again.