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GENERAL WARNINGS
• BeforeusingtheScoutSwimmerVestyoumustreadtheinstructionsheetcompletely.
• Beforeusing,inspecttheentireVestforleakageorotherdamage.Ifanypartofthisvest
doesnotfunctionproperly,oritisdamaged,removethisScoutSwimmerVestfromservice
untilrepaired.
• DonotinhalefromtheScoutSwimmerVestoralinator.Thevestmaycontaincontaminants
fromapreviousCO2ringorothersources.
• TheScoutSwimmerVestisnotapprovedforuseinSCUBAdiving.
Donning and Adjustment Procedures
1. PlacetheScoutSwimmerVestoveryourhead.Next,routebothstrapsunderneathyour
armsandthroughtheD-rings,thentightenthestraps(SeeFigure1.)
2. FullyinatetheScoutSwimmerVestbylooseningtheknurlnutontheoralinationtube
anddepresstheoralinatorvalve.(SeeFigure2.)Exhaleintothevalveuntilthevestisfull.
Ifthetistootight,adjustthestrapstocomfort.
FIGURE1
FIGURE2
Pre-OP Check Out
Priortoeachuse,thevestshouldbegivenathoroughvisualinspectionandfunctiontest.
1. Fullyinatethevestandsetasidefor30minutes;lossofrmnessindicatesleakage,
whichmustbecorrectedbeforeuse.
2. Ensurethatallstitchedtogethercomponentsarenotseparating.
3. Checkthattheoralinationtubeandvalveproperlyfunctionbydepressingthevalveand
blowingintothetube.Ensuretheknurlnutontheoralinationtubefreelyturns.
4. RemovetheCO2cartridgesandinspectbothactuators.Ensuretheactuatoroperates
correctlybypullingonthetoggleandcheckingthatthepintravelsupanddown.Returnthe
actuatingarmtotheUPpositionpriortorethreadingtheCO2cartridgeintotheactuator.
5. Performafunctioncheckontheover-pressurereliefvalvebyfullyinatingthevestand
thensqueezingthevesttoensurethevalveopens,allowingairtoescape.Nextpullthe
toggletoensurethevalveiscorrectlyworkingbyallowingairtoescape.(SeeFigure3.)
NOTE:Over-PressureReliefValvewillactuatewhenthepressureinsidethevestexceeds
2PSIgreaterthanexternalpressure.
INSTRUCTIONS
PN769031
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FIGURE5
Post-OP Maintenance
ProperMaintenancewillprovideforyearsofreliableservice.TheScoutSwimmerVestshouldbe
storedawayfromdirectsunlight.
1. Aftereachuse,soaktheexteriorofthevestwithfreshwater.
2. DetachHABDpocket(optional)andfreshwaterrinseallcomponents.(SeeFigure4.)
3. Openstoragepocketandfreshwaterrinse.Ensurevelcromaterialiscleanfromalldebris.
(SeeFigure5.)
4. UnscrewCO2cartridgefromactuatorandfreshwaterrinseallcomponents.
5. Inatethevestwithairanddrainanywateroutthroughtheover-pressurereliefvalveby
pullingdownonthetoggleallowingthewatertodrain.Ifwaterdrainsfrominsidethevesta
freshwaterrinseshouldbedone.
a. Tofreshwaterrinsethevest,opentheOPRvalveororalinationvalveand
directlyllthevestwithwater.
b. Swishthewateraroundtoremoveanymineraldepositsandthendrainthewater
throughtheOPRvalveororalinationvalve.Ifsaltisdetected,repeattheclean
ingproceduresfortheinternalbladder.
6. Todrythevestaftercleaning,inatethevesthalffulltoallowfordryingoftheinnerbladder.
DONOTdrythevestindirectsunlight.Storethepartiallyinatedvestinacool,dryand
cleanarea.
7. Checkthevest30minuteslaterforanyleakage.Ifanyleaksorholesaredetected,repairthe
vestutilizingtheAquaLungRepairKit,partnumber42611.
CAUTION
DONOTusetheaerosolsiliconespraysorcleanerstolubricatethecomponents,thepropellants
orcarriersolventcausecrackingorcrazing.
WARRANTY
AquaLungAmericaInc.warrantsthisproducttobefreefromdefectsinmaterialandworkmanshipfora
periodofoneyearfromthedateoforiginalpurchase.Productswhichprovetobedefectiveundernormal
andproperconditions,ordefectiveduetoworkmanshiporfaultymaterial,willbereplacedorrepaired.
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