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WARNING
Never breathe from your BC. Your BC may contain gas residue, liquid or contamination that
may result in injury or death if inhaled.
Keep water out of the bladder of the BC. Repeated use of the Oral Valve or Over Pressure
Valve may allow water inside the BC, reducing the amount of buoyancy provided by the BC.
This could result in injury or death. Drain all water out of the BC prior to every use.
WARNING
Wing-style BCs are built for a stable position underwater. The S-Tek is not a life jacket. Fully
inflated, the S-Tek does not guarantee an unconscious diver will be in a safe, heads-up
position at the surface.
WARNING
When using a weightbelt with the crotch strap, you must place the weightbelt on top of
the crotch strap ensuring it can fall freely from your body. Failure to follow this practice will
prevent the weightbelt from being released and may result in serious injury or death.
WARNING
Keep sand and other contamination out of the mouthpiece of the TEK BPI. Under certain
conditions, contamination can cause the valve not to close completely. If this occurs
while diving, shake the TEK BPI while depressing the deflate button several times. If the
valve leaks or remains inoperable, terminate the dive. Diving with a leaking Buoyancy
Compensator or with valves that do not operate properly may result in a loss of buoyancy
control that could result in injury or death.
WARNING
The deflation device with the maximum outflow of gas is the lower deflation valve (fig. 17)
