{"id":63,"date":"2015-11-11T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:16:11","slug":"b-c-d-servicing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/b-c-d-servicing\/","title":{"rendered":"BCD Servicing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: days-regular; font-size: 14pt;\">Your BCD (Buoyancy Control Device) is\u00a0an important piece of Life Support Equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is in our eyes, as it is with all manufacturers eyes. It is the item that will keep you afloat at the surface\u00a0should any mis-haps occur. The most important features that you should consider with your jacket are\u00a0the inflator and the dump valves. Do they work, do they do the job that they were designed to do?<\/p>\n<p>A BCD service involves stripping all of the inflator and dump valves from the jacket. Any replaceable\u00a0parts (o-rings or filters etc) that should be replaced are set aside. All of the valves and the inflator are\u00a0then cleaned of salt and other debris that may prevent them from working. The inside of the bladder is\u00a0then cleaned with an anti-bacterial liquid that will ensure that the jacket is not full of germs.<br \/>\nAfter the\u00a0jacket has been completely re-assembled it will then be fully inflated to confirm that it holds\u00a0air as it was designed to do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@southerncylinderservices.co.uk\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-300 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SCS-Footer-1000x100.png\" alt=\"SCS Footer 1000x100\" width=\"1000\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SCS-Footer-1000x100.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SCS-Footer-1000x100-300x21.png 300w, https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SCS-Footer-1000x100-100x7.png 100w, https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SCS-Footer-1000x100-150x11.png 150w, https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SCS-Footer-1000x100-200x14.png 200w, https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SCS-Footer-1000x100-450x32.png 450w, https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SCS-Footer-1000x100-600x43.png 600w, https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SCS-Footer-1000x100-900x64.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your BCD (Buoyancy Control Device) is\u00a0an important piece of Life Support Equipment. It is in our eyes, as it is with all manufacturers eyes. It is the item that will keep you afloat at the surface\u00a0should any mis-haps occur. The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/b-c-d-servicing\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BCD Servicing<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-63","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":901,"href":"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southerncylinders.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}