At 17:14 8/30/99 -0400, Elaine Harmon <eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu> wrote: >On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Mel Lammers wrote: > >> I wonder what happens if you have it mouth inflated and then get tossed and >> forgetting, pull the CO2 inflator tab. >> >> Does it have a safety valve or do you hear a loud bang? > > I asked the owner, what if you pull the tab when it's partly inflated and >you want to top it up in a hurry, and she didn't know. Maybe someone on >the list does? e big disclaimer: i haven't worked with inflatables in 9 years, but i was a member of the biggest org. using them ;-) or more like o-) anyway, if they were full and you pulled, pop <8-( you deflate them through the same tube you inflate, but i believe a "high pressure squeeze" would shut a valve to save the user from becoming "stupid" real fast at their own hands. a slower release, such as to deflate would be ok. [isn't that how rafts/inflatables valves work?] mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 30 1999 - 15:16:38 PDT
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