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Maintaining your Deckvest
Maintaining this Deckvest should be the responsibility of one sole user. As the user
you are strongly advised to familiarise yourself fully with the Deckvest before using
it as a lifejacket.
We advise that you follow a 3-level checking routine, easily carried out by yourself:
1. During Use, check buckles and other fastenings regularly.
2. Before and after use, examine for damage or excessive abrasion, wear, tear or
contamination. Particular attention must be paid to the stitching and webbing,
including the less accessible areas.
3. Every three months, carry out a complete inspection, checking:
a. The fabric: for cuts, tears, abrasion and damage caused by heat,
chemicals etc.
b. The lifejacket: to check for leaks inflate your lifejacket through the oral
tube until firm and leave for 24hrs. Any loss of firmness indicates leakage
and means it is unsafe.
To check the oral valve, fully inflate the lifejacket and hold the tube under
water. If bubbles appear, deflate and re-inflate to test.
If a leak persists, do not use your lifejacket until it has been professionally
serviced at your nearest service centre.
c. The components: removing and inspecting all components as detailed in
the section ‘Re-arming your lifejacket’ page 13.
WARNING:
If in doubt, send your Deckvest to your nearest service centre for
evaluation and/or servicing.
If you are not completely confident about undertaking the self-inspection
and servicing of your lifejacket in accordance with these instructions,
you must not use your lifejacket again until it has been professionally
inspected and serviced. (For details of your nearest service centre see
www.spinlock.co.uk).
Any modification or repair to any part of the Deckvest is expressly
forbidden unless carried out by Spinlock Ltd.
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