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Recalls of Mares Computers and Tusa Regulators

from the March, 2010 issue of Undercurrent  

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If you’ve got a Nemo Air dive computer, contact your dealer now. Mares issued a recall last summer for the slow-leaking O-rings on its Nemo Air computer’s Quick Connector hose, but it turns out the replacement O-ring issued wasn’t the solution. On February 1, Mares announced another recall for the hose. “We determined the replacement o-ring was not the best fix so we designed a whole new quick disconnect system to replace it,” Mares’ national sales manager Steve Lamphear told Undercurrent. “The computer itself works fine, it’s only the Quick Connector that can leak through.” Mares’ Italian technicians redesigned the entire metal fitting at the end of the Quick Connector hose holding the o-ring; the new replacements have a groove machined around the middle of the fitting. All Nemo Air computers need this replacement, so contact a Mares dealer to get the new Quick Connector hose replacement, free of charge. If you want Mares to do the replacement, call Customer Service at 800-874-3326 and give them your computer’s serial number for shipping info. ...