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Cleaning and Storing of Your Inflatable PFD
(MD3087)
To clean your Inflatable PFD, remove the CO
2
cylinder/bayonet assembly,
cap and bobbin. Keep the bobbin dry. Hand wash or sponge down the
Inflatable PFD in warm, soapy water. Rinse the PFD and inflator with
clean water. Hang the Inflatable PFD to dry on a plastic coat hanger.
Ensure the inflator is thoroughly dry before installing the bobbin. Be
sure to replace CO
2
cylinder/bayonet assembly
, cap and bobbin (see Re-
arming your PFD (MD3087), p. 10).
Always store your Inflatable PFD in a warm, dry place out of direct
sunlight.
HOW AND WHY TO TEST YOUR PFD
Inflate your Inflatable PFD and try it out in the water to:
· Make sure it floats you:
• Comfortably (when worn properly)
•
Adequately for expected wave conditions (body shapes/
densities affect performance)
· Make sure it works:
• A flow of bubbles should not appear (see CARE AND
MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS for leak tests p. 14). It should
inflate quick and easily.
· Learn how it works by:
• Activating the CO
2
inflation system
• Re-arming the CO
2
inflation system
• Using the oral inflator tube
To check the manual inflation system (with CO
2
cylinder/bayonet
assembly removed); determine that the CO
2
cylinder piercing
pin moves
freely when pushing up on the lever arm by pushing down on the pins
and releasing the pins followed by the lever arm (for MD3085 see Fig.
8 and for MD3087 see Fig. 11). Repeat this several times to check the
manual inflation system.
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