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Product Recall Number: 22-115

Why was Shell Diving Inflation Valves with Int’l Nipples for diving dry suits recalled?

The internal part in the valve can malfunction while in use, causing loss of inflation and thermal protection, posing a risk of hypothermia to the consumer.

Shell Diving Inflation Valves with Int’l Nipples for diving dry suits
Here's product recall specific data for Shell Diving Inflation Valves with Int’l Nipples for diving dry suits.

  • Product Recall Number: 22-115

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2022-04-14

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Shell Diving Inflation Valves with Int’l Nipples for diving dry suits

  • Description: This recall involves the Shell Inflation Valves with Int'l Nipples that come with diving dry suits and are also sold separately. The Shell Inflation Valve is used in recreational and technical diving. The recalled valve inflates the diving dry suit to allow the diver to equalize air pressure while descending in the water by pressing on the valve and it provides thermal protection to the diver. The model number and batch code are stamped on the inside of the recalled valve. Instructions on how to find and identify the batch code can be found at www.sitech.se. Model Number Production Batch Code 25210 JD1, JE2, JE5, JE6, JF6, JG2, JK6, JK9, JKA, JL1, JL3, KA7, KB8, KG2, KH3, KH4, KK7, KL3, LC1, LC2, LC4, LC7, LC9, LD2, LD6, LD7, LD8 25215 JG1, KA9, LC5

  • Hazard Description: The internal part in the valve can malfunction while in use, causing loss of inflation and thermal protection, posing a risk of hypothermia to the consumer.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Repair

  • Units: About 1,670 (In addition, about 28 were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: SI Tech has received three reports of the valve part malfunctioning, resulting in loss of inflation in the dry suit. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the dry suits with the recalled inflation valve and contact Ocean Equipment to receive a notification form and shipping information to return the recalled valve free of charge. The valve part will be replaced by trained technicians who are exclusively authorized to update the valve with a free replacement valve part.

  • Sold At: Underwater Development, Tulalip, Washington; Aquala Diving, Shreveport, Louisiana; Underwater Sports, Seattle, Washington and other dealers/dive centers and other dive suit manufacturers and distributors nationwide from April 2019 through May 2021 for about $100 per inflation valve when sold separately.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: SI Tech, of Sweden

  • Distributors: Ocean Equipment, of Canada

  • Manufactured In: Sweden

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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