DUI Weight & Trim Classic, Owner'S Manual, Page: 17 / 26

DROPPING YOUR WEIGHTS IN AN EMERGENCY
SITUATION
In certain diving emergency situations it may become necessary to drop all or
part of your weights to achieve positive buoyancy.This may occur due to the
failure of a buoyancy compensator.
If buoyancy has failed, it may be necessary to drop part or all of the weights to
achieve neutral or positive buoyancy. In fact, under certain situations, dropping
all of the weights may be very undesirable, due to the rapid ascent that will
follow.
The Weight & Trim System allows the experienced diver to make a judgment
regarding the removal of weight in an emergency situation. If it is not necessary
to drop all of the weight, the diver may selectively drop only half of his/her
weights.This may be all that is necessary to re-establish buoyancy control
without the risk of an overly rapid ascent. Since each diving emergency occurs
under a different set of circumstances and all divers have varying degrees of
experience, DUI cannot advise you when to drop all weights and when to drop
half of the weights.
!! WARNING !!
Opening the waist belt buckle will not allow the diver to
drop the Weight & Trim System. In all probability, the
unit will still hang by the shoulders or be trapped under
the diver’s buoyancy compensator device.To achieve
positive buoyancy in an emergency situation, the only
sure method of dropping the weights is to pull the
release handles until weight pocket assembly is
completely free of the diver and then releasing it.
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