JACEK1
Key Member
- Joined
- Feb 10, 2013
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Polish
- Home Country
- Poland
- Current Location
- Poland
Hello all forum users!
WARNING! As per SOLAS-requirements, check-lifting must be carried out before loading, discharging and ballasting is commenced. If the valve disc does not move freely, the cause should be determined and corrected immediately. If a lever is used, cracking the valve open would not be adequate evidence that it is in proper working condition. It is likely clogged.
In my opinion, the underlined fragment in bold type means the following:
If a lever is used, opening the valve (by force) would not provide adequate evidence that the valve is in proper working condition.
The fragment is taken from operating/maintenance instructions for HS-ISO pressure valve.
I am particularly interested in the meaning "to crack something open. I think it means "to open something by force" and is similar in meaning to "to break something open". I may be wrong.
WARNING! As per SOLAS-requirements, check-lifting must be carried out before loading, discharging and ballasting is commenced. If the valve disc does not move freely, the cause should be determined and corrected immediately. If a lever is used, cracking the valve open would not be adequate evidence that it is in proper working condition. It is likely clogged.
In my opinion, the underlined fragment in bold type means the following:
If a lever is used, opening the valve (by force) would not provide adequate evidence that the valve is in proper working condition.
The fragment is taken from operating/maintenance instructions for HS-ISO pressure valve.
I am particularly interested in the meaning "to crack something open. I think it means "to open something by force" and is similar in meaning to "to break something open". I may be wrong.