<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Jon,</span></div><div><span>I don't know about the ABS rules, but the acrylic bible has more to say about it. You can extend the service life by decreasing the rating based on age and I believe location and method of storage. </span></div><div><span>Hank</span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:41:55 PM, Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv4392322119"><div>
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As far as ABS is concerned I suspect ABS guidelines are the
official word on it; 10 years or 10,000 cycles. GL has similar
limits and adds "...regardless of the use in the submersible."<br clear="none">
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On 12/15/2013 2:20 PM, Hugh Fulton wrote:<br clear="none">
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question for the experts. Is it acceptable to have old
windows re-polished and then possibly annealed to restore
them. I have 8 that are 25 years old and need to be
replaced according to ABS etc.</span></div>
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is the official word on this. I note that the windows below
were from an MBT rather than main windows. Chs Hugh</span></div>
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