PS Magazine - APRIL 1972

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

1972 SERIES, ISSUE 233

APRIL 1972

PS Magazine - APRIL 1972 - Page 39 of 41
In a pinch, you can ground a gen-
erator with a buried copper plate, a
copper or steeL pipe or an underground
The plate shoUld be
9
square feet or
larger and mUst be buried at least 4
feet deep. ±se a clamp and make a
soL²D
hookUp.
If
there's
no
clamp
aroUnd, solder the wire to the pLate.
A pipe ground has to be a minimum
of V³in diameter. PUt it down at least
4 feet, too.
Shy away from "Handy´ substitutes,
Like the fuel tube adapters that are used
to hook
generator
engines
to
5µgaL
cans and 55¶gal drums.
·at!r TM¸s such as TM 5µ61¹5µ332³
¹2
(Aug 70)
and TM
5º6¹¹5³271¶14
(jun 70) have compLete info on ground³
ing. Go over it closely.
Then, too, check out the safety regs
and TM 5³766 »ul 65), the manual on
power generation in the fieLd.
'
d
78
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Cáâ Mãkä åæç èéê
ë
yìíîïðñòó ôõö÷øù úûwü
ý
easY IN
,
easY OUT
TO MAKE SLIP-HAMMER
GRIND FACES FLAT
AnD SMOOTH ON
5±In LONG X 4²IN ROUND
BAr STOCK (OR PIECE
OF 4 X 4 X 5±IN STEEL)
DrILL THESE HOLES:
þÿÿ
THrU
ĀāĂ-
CENTER
I
i
x
l
;
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p
r
3ă x
l"
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D
·-±
NEXT WELD HANDLES
TO SLIP±HAMMEr
PuT RuBBER HOSE
ON HAnDLES TO KEEP
DO
W
n THE SHOCK
Ą"
THIS IS THE SLUGGING PLATE
SMOOT´ OFF fACES ON
4±IN WiDE X 1µIn THICK
BAR Or SLAB BOre
¶7/32±IN HO·E THrU IT AND
THREAD TO ' X 11 nC
¼T½e die foR
ą
x
Ć
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Or
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r
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t
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NUT
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llNC
ON BOTH ENÂS
Of THrEAD
TACK WE·D
´
PUT ANOTHER '
"
nUT THErE
TO Ñrive Òn grOund Rods, JÓst scRew t½e
EnÔ of Õhe tooÖ W×tØ Õhe Ù³in plate Únto the
Bottom secÛion oÜ groÝnd Rod, and Þse
tÆe Æeßvy sÕeeÖ weàght áàt runs aBOut 20
Öâsã Like a äiLe dråveR. æØen the fçRst secè
é×on is êëiven in, Óìscíeî toolï scRew oð
anotÆeR sectiOn of roñÇ tØRead òoóÖ in top
Rod agôõnö anê ÷oønù some úore.
TO DrIVe
v
To Removû rodsü Jýst Reverse the acÕþonÿ
Āse tāe toĂl with strikăng or sLugĄąng
plate at òopĆ hiÕtàng it wiÕh upstroKesć
ĈhreĉĊ enĊs on this ċool have òo be
cappČd aLL the tàče wØen not in Ďse.
ďnother Đđin nut oR old gRoÓnd rod ĒoÖē
lar ĔiLl do. ĕtherwise Ėhe thReads get
Ruėned ĘRom aęuseĚ
æitā thąs tool itěs easy Ĝnĝ easy
oĞt
Ĕith gğound RodsĠ


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