PADI Safety Recall Notice: Imperial EANx32 RDP

[Vercingetorix]

I just received this notification from my other dive club, Diving Rebels of Arlington, Tx:

Safety Recall Notice: Imperial EANx32 RDP

PADI Americas is recalling a single version of the English Imperial EANx32 Recreational Dive Planner used for calculating dive profiles. A printing error caused a series of numbers to be out of alignment, thus incorrect. The risk of injury from these errors is remote and no injuries have been reported.

All RDPs included in this recall bear the printing mark “Printed in the USA” located on the back of the table, upper right corner. The product number and production code are located on the lower right corner, also on the back of the table. The product number and production code affected by this recall are:

Product No. 60049 Ver 1.2 (Rev 02/03) XXXPDK7

The product code digits indicated by “X” may vary. The last four digits “PDK7” indicate a recalled table, irrespective of what the first three digits are.

As a double check, on Table 3, check the 110 foot row under Pressure Group G. The table should indicate a Residual Nitrogen Time (upper number in white) of 13 and an Actual Bottom Time (lower number in green) of 12. If this box is blank, you have a misprinted table.

We will be notifying consumers certified as PADI Enriched Air Divers after 17 January 2008 via the PADI website, e-mail and other means. They will be directed to stop using the recalled RDP immediately and bring them to any PADI Dive Center/Resort or return them to PADI for a free replacement.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask for your assistance by including this information when you communicate with your customers. Please contact PADI Americas if you have any concerns or questions.

EANx Recall Notification

[CompuDude]

Yikes, I'll have to dig out my tables and check them, thanks. Not that I actually use the 32% RDP outside of a classroom...

[waytooslow]

wow... 2003 tables 02/03 and just now catching

[mike_s]

how come there is nothing on the PADI website about this?

[Charles R]

Originally Posted by waytooslow

wow... 2003 tables 02/03 and just now catching

I think that has nothing to do with when they were printed as the email says they are notifying people certified after 17 January 2008 that must be the date they released these tables.

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

Check this PADI site.

PADI Northwest Newswire: Enriched Air 32% Table Recall

Official recall notice: http://www.padi.com/bulkemails/pdf/S...sh%20Final.pdf

[mike_s]

ok... weird question...

but the tables were created in 2003? and it took PADI this long to find the error?

doesn't say much for the Quality Control that they brag about.

[comet24]

Originally Posted by mike_s

ok... weird question...

but the tables were created in 2003? and it took PADI this long to find the error?

doesn't say much for the Quality Control that they brag about.

I think the table was created in 2003. They print them as needed and one run through the printer likely has the mistake. Mine say 2003 and is fine. It has a slightly different XXX number in the far right lower corner.

[Sansho]

Probably printed up a gazillion of them and in more recent times rolled them out. I took my class in January this year and got an older table.

[navyhmc]

mines good to go. And I took mine in Feb.