Spinlock DURO SOLAS - Maintaining Your Duro SOLAS; Testing Your Duro SOLAS

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Maintaining your Duro SOLAS
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, inate both bladder compartments separately
through the oral tube until rm and leave for 24hrs. Any loss of rmness indicates
leakage and means it is unsafe.
To check the oral valve, fully inate the lifejacket and hold the tube under water. If
bubbles appear, deate and re-inate 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: remove and inspect all components.
Ensure C0
2
cylinder is screwed in tight.
CO
2
Cylinder size - SOLAS Model 275N: Requires 2 x 60g
CORRECTING PRESSURE VARIANCE
With variations in air or water temperatures, topping up by oral ination may be required
to maintain full buoyancy especially after prolonged immersion.
Deating your Duro SOLAS
To deate the lifejacket, invert the oral-ination tube end cap and insert it into the valve.
Holding the cap rmly in this position, gently squeeze the lifejacket until all air or gas has
been expelled. Return the cap to its normal position.
WARNING: Using the CO
2
ination when your jacket is already fully inated can
over-pressurise and damage your lifejacket.