When making a permanent repair to an inflatable liferaft using a repair kit, how long after the repair is made should you hold off 'topping up' the lost air?
• Manufacturer’s repair instructions for inflatable liferafts • How long a patched area needs to be monitored for leaks before final inflation • Why immediate full inflation after repair might hide a slow leak
• Think about why you might intentionally wait before bringing the raft fully back up to pressure after a repair. What are you trying to observe or check? • Which time period would be long enough to reveal a slow leak from a patch, but still realistic in an emergency situation? • If you topped up the air too soon, how could that affect your ability to see whether the repair is holding?
• Compare each time option and ask: Is this enough time to reveal a slow leak in a patch? • Consider which option best matches typical monitoring periods for glued or patched fabric repairs in marine safety gear. • Eliminate any options that are clearly too short to test a slow leak or impractically long in an emergency.
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