Mounting Instruction Plate; Marking Hydrostatic Release Unit (Hru) Expiry - mcmurdo SMARTFIND PLUS G5 User Manual

9.3

Mounting instruction plate

The EPIRB is supplied with a rigid plate giving visual instructions on how to operate
the EPIRB in an emergency. Mount this next to your EPIRB as explained in section
8.2.1.
9.4

Marking Hydrostatic Release Unit (HRU) expiry

If you are installing a float-free EPIRB you must now mark the HRU expiry date. The
HRU has a 2 year in-service life which starts as soon as it gets exposure to a marine
environment. Hence the 2 years starts at installation and it is left to the customer to
mark this date during installation. A date 2 years into the future should be marked on
the HRU body and copied onto the label on the side of the enclosure. The HRU is
marked by cutting out the corresponding dates on its label, as shown on the separate
leaflet.
The enclosure should be marked using the alpha-numeric stickers provided, then
covering them with the clear adhesive label provided (but see 9.5 first). The preferred
date format is month and year, for example : JUN 2006.
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