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3 Dangers and warnings
Datawell distinguishes dangers, threatening your life and warnings, threatening your equipment.
Below you will find a summary of dangers and warnings related to the present product.
3.1 Dangers
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Waverider buoys must be handled and serviced by qualified personnel only.
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Never deploy the anchor weight first, always deploy the buoy first followed by the mooring
line, and finally deploy the anchor weight.
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Never stand within loops in the mooring line, never stand between mooring and the ship
board. Lines may pull you overboard.
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Elongated rubber cords represent considerable elastic energy; do not stand in line with or
near tense rubber cords. Snapping lines may cause injury.
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Prevent the batteries from being short-circuited. Despite the low voltage large currents may
flow.
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While transporting the buoy either by car or by boat, tie it down firmly. A buoy moving
uncontrolled is dangerous.
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Use Datawell supplied or recommended batteries (Datacell) only. Non-original batteries
may produce hydrogen gas.
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A reversed battery in a series of cells produces hydrogen gas which constitutes a risk when
servicing the Waverider. Strictly observe the battery replacement procedure in this manual.
Ingression of water can also lead to gas formation through electrolysis. Handle your buoy
with care. Delay manipulating electrical connections and do not allow any ignition source
(sparks) until you have removed the hatchcover and allowed for 10 minutes of natural
ventilation.
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Do not use empty batteries as ballast in the buoy. Dispose the empty batteries immediately
after use.
3.2 Warnings
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Do not spin your DWR4 buoy more than 10 turns at once or faster than 1 turn/10 s. This
may damage the motion sensor inside. Apply an anti-spin triangle if you expect vessels to
graze along or against your buoy.
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Do not expose your DWR4 buoy to tempera
tures below −5 ºC for longer periods, the fluid
in the sensor could be permanently altered.
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Do not insert magnetic materials in the DWR4 buoy as this will affect the magnetic
compass readings. Use original Datawell parts.
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Safeguard the GPS antenna from collisions, paint and dirt. GPS signals are shielded by
certain types of paint, dirt, etc.
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Protect the rubber cords from being cut, leave them in their blue plastic containers
whenever this is possible.
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Use of non-original mooring line parts may cause galvanic corrosion, early wear, etc. and
may result in disruption of the mooring line and consequential buoy loss.
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Close the hatchcover whenever the buoy is not in use. Otherwise the bags of drying agent
inside the buoy will take up moisture and become saturated. Particularly for a cold buoy
(out of the water) placed in a humid environment, saturation will set in very fast.
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Avoid corrosion of your stainless steel buoy. Apply anodes.
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Always cover unused option ports with a blind flange and rubber sealing ring.
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Prolonged use of the Argos satellite communication unit without an Argos antenna may
damage the unit.
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