PADUM DIVING Playground

PADUM Diving · Science of Diving · Lesson 4.4

Regulator Lab

Walk through how each type of first and second stage works, one step at a time. Use Next and Back (or the arrow keys), drag the depth and cylinder sliders, and hold “Breathe” to watch a live breath.

Simplified cutaway, not to scale

    Based on SSI Science of Diving, Section 4, Lesson 4.4. Pressures are absolute, in bar; intermediate pressure is shown at a typical setting of about 10 bar above ambient. Diagrams are teaching schematics, not drawings of a particular regulator.