Reece Safety Products Ltd Premier House, Manchester Road, Mossley, Lancashire OL5 9AA Tel: 01457 831133 Fax: 01457 831144 Email: [email protected] www.reecesafety.co.uk Product information and assembly instructions - Subject V-Safe Valve Covers Technical Data Sheet No: 2 DESCRIPTION Design Two flattened half moons that cover the valve wheel Features Fully dielectric, good low-temperature resistance Material Intermediate-Impact Polypropylene Copolymer Flash Point 330 deg. C Dielectric Constant 2.3 to 2.4 Process Injection molding Colour Available in Red, Yellow, Blue and Green UV Protection Provided by the colour added to the base resin VALVE HANDLE SIZES Models VS02 VS04 VS06 VS09 VS13 CHEMICAL RESISTANCE Polypropylene like most of the polyolefins, is highly resistant to solvents, chemicals and most strong mineral acids and bases but it is subject to attack by oxidizing agents such as chlorosulfonic acids, oleum, sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide (at 210 F), sulfuric acid (at 140 F), fuming nitric acid, liquid bromine, etc. With a few exceptions, however, inorganic chemicals produce little or no effect on our products over a period of 6 months at temperatures up to 250 F. When the product is removed from an organic chemicals environment such as benzene, carbon tetrachloride, petroleum, ethanol, acetone, etc. evaporation will take place and changes resulting from the absorption will be reversed if evaporation is complete. USEFUL SERVICE LIFE The useful service life expectancy is 4 years and is limited by the nature of the environment. ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS VS02 VS04 VS06 VS09 VS13 1 Cover valve handle with V-SAFE of corresponding size 2 Put on your padlock NB If needed, cut the recessed section with a knife to let through the valve stem SPECIAL APPLICATION FOR SMALL VALVES VS02 Modification. Drill a hole aligned with the first and close the lockout to completely cover the valve. Date: January 2007 © Reece Safety Products Ltd Models Handle sizes (in) Handle sizes (mm) VS02 1 to 2 ½ 25 to 70 VS04 2 ½ to 5 70 to 130 VS06 5 to 6 ½ 130 to 170 VS09 6 ½ to 10 170 to 257 VS13 10 to 14 257 to 355