Spinlock DURO SOLAS - Table of Contents; Approval Conditions; Re-Arming Your Duro SOLAS; Inflating and Deflating Your Duro SOLAS

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Contents
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Re-packing your Duro SOLAS 3-4
Pylon light 5
Approval conditions 6
Re-arming your Duro SOLAS 6
Inating and deating your Duro SOLAS 6-7
Maintaining your Duro SOLAS 7-8
Testing your Duro SOLAS 7
Safety notices 9-41
Inspection Record box 42
Approval Conditions
This Deckvest is approved to ISO 12402-2 275N and 2010 SOLAS MSC 200 (80). It is
important to get into the habit of wearing your Deckvest. It is comfortable, safe and a
pleasure to wear.
A lifejacket only works correctly if it is tted and secured correctly.
Inatable lifejackets only become buoyant when inated: they contain no inherently
buoyant materials.
As user, it is your personal responsibility to understand the operation and maintenance
requirements of your inatable lifejacket and be familiar with its limitations.
Minimum buoyancy 275N
Re-arming your Duro SOLAS
Remove cylinders and old ring caps by unscrewing anti clockwise.
Check ring mechanism moves freely and is free from any contamination replace rst the
cap and then the cylinder, ensuring a secure t.
Inating your Duro SOLAS
It is recommended that the following ination procedures are followed:
1. MANUAL INFLATION
To manually inate the lifejacket, sharply pull either rubber handle downwards. The
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gas cylinder should inate the bladder within seconds.
2. ORAL INFLATION
To inate the lifejacket by mouth, locate the oral ination tube by opening the zip at
the yellow breakout point on the front panel of the lifejacket. Then after removing
the end cap, blow into the tube until the lifejacket is fully inated.
3. AUTOMATIC INFLATION
Ination should occur automatically within seconds of the inator being submerged.
The automatic capsule is designed to activate a sprung pin to puncture the CO
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cylinder and inate the bladder.