Lin Ming-ho remembers one dive when his tank suddenly became blocked. Later he discovered that after his previous dive, the regulator hadn't been cleaned and salt had formed on the valve, making the equipment rust.
林明和記得有一回潛到廿多公尺時，空氣筒上的調節氣忽然阻塞，「只好快快鳴金收兵」。後來檢查，發現是上回用過沒清洗，鹽分殘留在開關處，造成生鏽。