Stearns Recreational 1341 - Manual (Page 6)

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The indicators are located on the mechanism at points A, B
and C, as shown on Rearming Instructions on the back cover
of this book. The mechanism itself is located on the PFD on
the wearer’s right side.
Indicator A shows the status of the manual activating lever.
Be sure indicator Green Pin goes through both the plastic
housing and the metal activating lever.
Indicator B indicates whether a water sensing pill is in place.
If this indicator is red, there is no pill in place and the
mechanism cannot be armed for manual or automatic inflation
until the pill is inserted.
Indicator C indicates whether the cylinder has been screwed
in far enough. Note: this does NOT indicate the full or empty
status of the CO
2
cylinder, but only that the CO
2
cylinder is
properly seated.
The color of all Status Indicators have a standard meaning:
GREEN = OK = READY
RED = MECHANISM NOT PROPERLY ARMED = NOT READY
See Rearming Instructions on back cover of this book.
The presence of a water sensing pill can be checked by
looking at Indicator B. The pill itself should be checked
regularly. To examine water sensing pill, lift cocking lever to
expose pill and remove. If pill is cracked or otherwise
damaged, replace with fresh pill.
3. Examine Your CO
2
Cylinder
The CO
2
cylinder contains the gas charge that will inflate your
PFD when the inflation mechanism is fired either automatically
or manually. You must verify that the CO
2
cylinder installed is
of the correct size and has not been previously fired. T o
examine the cylinder, you must Unscrew it and visually
examine the cap (the flat surface on the threaded end). There
are no indicators to show that the CO
2
cylinder is full. The
cylinder needs to be replaced if there is any visible damage
on the flat surface. See the product SPECIFICATIONS
section on page 5 of this manual to determine the proper size
cylinder. Proper cylinder size includes both thread size and
CO
2
gram weight. If the cylinder is OK, you must properly
screw it back into the mechanism. If the cylinder is damaged,
discard and install a new, undamaged cylinder into the
mechanism.