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Originally Posted by Jung at Heart
I find the issue confusing and am still not sure I can discrimminate between what is an inverted baffle versus a faulty one.
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Assuming no leaks in tube outers then a leaky baffle will eventually equalise pressure in adjacent compartment. This may also reduce pressure slightly in the third chamber as the other baffle may contract if the set orientation allows. This wouldn’t indicate that both baffles are faulty.
As leaking baffles are generally due to perimeter seal failure (this is why it’s good practice to inflate in increments in the right order, so bow first on Zodiac’s) then often the leak is relatively large compared to a typical pinprick hole in an outer tube. You can often hear hissing from a leaky baffle if you inflate one chamber to say 50% and leave adjacent chamber nearly flat as the pressures try to equalise.
