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BOAT PRESSURE TEST:
BUOYANCY TUBE FABRIC
BOAT BUOYANCY TUBE
STABILISATION TIME
HYPALON / NEOPRENE
2 HOURS
If the boat has been folded and stored for a long period of time, the
stabilization period will be doubled.
During the boat’s stabilisation period, you must check the following:
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Verify the air tightness of all valves.
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Verify all boat buoyancy tube assemblies, when and where accessible.
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Verify that there are no porosity or pin-hole leaks anywhere on an airtight structure.
Whatever your remarks may be on the verification above, it is imperative you
perform a pressure test, to quantify eventual leaks.
Naturally except, if there is a cut in the buoyancy tube which would impede the
buoyancy tube inflation.
TEST
Note down the following:
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The ambient temperature,
•
The atmospheric pressure,
•
The buoyancy tube pressure (240/250mbar) with the Zodiac pressure gauge.
TEST DURATION : 24:00 hours
minimum
As specified in I.S.O 6185, authorized pressure drop is 20% in 24 hours.
For buoyancy tubes whose operating pressure is 240 Mbar, Zodiac allows the following tolerances.
Boats between 0 & 1 year
12,5% or 30 Mbar
Per 24
hours
Boats between 1 & 2 years
15% or 36 Mbar
Per 24
hours
Boats 2 years old & more
20% or 48 Mbar
Per 24
hours
Check, clean and grease the intercommunicating valves with Triple-Guard grease Zodiac P/N
Z65134.
Strip all wooden parts of their paint yearly, and repaint them with 3 coats of polyurethane paint,
varnish, or good quality marine deck paint.
Check all overpressure valves, gas manifolds, and high pressure hoses for abrasions, cracks or
rust. Never repair high pressure hoses or O/P valves, but always replace them.
Verify the alignment of the engine, which
must be centered with the longitudinal axis of the boat.
30 HP engines and greater must be through bolted through the boat’s transom & secured with a
rope to the safety loop of the metal engine transom plate.
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