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SERVICE MANUAL
ISO 9650
3.2 Gas inf
l
ation system (FIGURE 203)
3.2.1 CAREFULLY open and fold back the protective foam covering the
packed liferaft. Locate the painter patch. Untie the painter line from
the painter patch.
CAUTION:
TAKE CARE WITH THE NEXT STEP OR LIFERAFT COULD
INFLATE UNINTENSIONALLY.
3.2.2 Disconnect the painter line from, the liferaft hull and the strong point
on the H-pack.
NOTE:
Strong point of the H-pack is located under the
operating head.
3.2.3 Carefully disconnect the painter line and operating lanyard (if f
i
tted)
from the operating mechanism, (FIGURE 203).
Exercising due caution, CAREFULLY pass the painter line back
through the operating head wire loop, then gently remove painter line
from wire loop, (FIGURE 203).
3.2.4 Carefully remove the painter sachet from the H-bag.
3.2.5 Remove the painter and painter sachet from the container.
3.2.6 Remove the container retaining line and identif
i
cation tube
attachment from the sealed H-bag.
3.2.7 Unscrew the vacuum valve nuts, situated at the front of the container,
(FIGURE 204). Remove all washers and discard all of the items.
CAUTION:
MAKE SURE THE SEALED H-BAG IS PULLED AWAY
FROM THE FABRIC OF THE LIFERAFT BEFORE CUTTING
THE H-PACK OPEN.
3.2.8 Carefully cut around three sides of the sealed H-bag, making sure
that the bag is pulled away from the liferaft fabric (FIGURE 204).
