The indicators are located on the mechanism at points A, B and C, as shown on Rearming Instructions on the back cover of this book. The mechanism itself is located on the PFD on the wearer’s right side.
Indicator A shows the status of the manual activating lever. Be sure indicator Green Pin goes through both the plastic housing and the metal activating lever.
Indicator B indicates whether a water sensing pill is in place. If this indicator is red, there is no pill in place and the mechanism cannot be armed for manual or automatic inflation until the pill is inserted.
Indicator C indicates whether the cylinder has been screwed in far enough. Note: this does NOT indicate the full or empty status of the CO2 cylinder, but only that the CO2 cylinder is properly seated.
The color of all Status Indicators have a standard meaning:
GREEN = OK = READY
RED = MECHANISM NOT PROPERLY ARMED = NOT READY
See Rearming Instructions on back cover of this book.
The presence of a water sensing pill can be checked by looking at Indicator B. The pill itself should be checked regularly. To examine water sensing pill, lift cocking lever to expose pill and remove. If pill is cracked or otherwise damaged, replace with fresh pill.
3.Examine Your CO2 Cylinder
The CO2 cylinder contains the gas charge that will inflate your PFD when the inflation mechanism is fired either automatically
or manually. You must verify that the CO2 cylinder installed is of the correct size and has not been previously fired. T o examine the cylinder, you must Unscrew it and visually examine the cap (the flat surface on the threaded end). There
are no indicators to show that the CO2 cylinder is full. The cylinder needs to be replaced if there is any visible damage on the flat surface. See the product SPECIFICATIONS section on page 5 of this manual to determine the proper size cylinder. Proper cylinder size includes both thread size and
CO2 gram weight. If the cylinder is OK, you must properly screw it back into the mechanism. If the cylinder is damaged, discard and install a new, undamaged cylinder into the mechanism.
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