PLB3 USER MANUAL
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912S-03718 v01.00
14/11/2022
5.
LIFE JACKET INSTALLATION
If your rescueME PLB3 is not already installed into a life jacket, please follow the instructions below
carefully.
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The following guide is a generic guide to installation of the PLB3 to a life jacket.
Although the PLB3 is designed to fit most life jackets, always check with your Life Jacket
manufacturer to ensure there are no special fixing instructions for that model.
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When fitted to a life jacket, to prevent accidental activation, please ensure the clear
cover is fitted over the grey slider with enough free length of the activation tape so it will
not pull on the slider during normal activity of the life jacket. When carrying the PLB3
please ensure the Arming Slider is in the up position.
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For installation to life jackets where the bladder is permanently attached to the cover,
please see the separate instruction sheet, available from the Ocean Signal website.
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Once completed the installation should be tested to ensure correct activation takes
place. Refer to the life jacket manufacturer for the manual inflation process.
The PLB3 is activated when the activation slider is pulled from the front of the device by the tension
in the tape created by the inflation of a life jacket. Unless the life jacket inflates the PLB3 will not
activate.
To activate the PLB3 the activation tape must be wrapped around a substantial part of the life jacket
bladder. Many modern life jackets taper towards the neck for comfort and support in the water and
correct installation of the PLB3 must ensure that the tape is around the larger part of the bladder
rather than a tapered section where expansion may not be sufficient.
Fitting the Oral Tube bracket as low down the Oral Tube as possible usually assists in ensuring the
tape is passed around the main section of bladder.
