PS Magazine - JUNE 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 235
JUNE 1972
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GUARD
FOR aN
AM-1780
Keeping the water out of your
A-
1780 amplifier While it nestles uNder the
right siDe assistant gunner's seat of your
ML07 or MLLO SP howitzer is as simp!e
as requesting guard, FS± 5830-179-7736.
±ot on²y D³s the guarD keep the water
from seRT²ing in the rim of the amplifier,
but it also protects the connectors from
the crew's boonDockers, which frequenTly
stomp
the
connectors
into
the
repair
shop.
´
So the guard saves insiDe
_
anD outsiDe amplifier damage. Your authority for asking
for it is SB 11µ131, since the cove¶ has ·eEn adDed to the installation ki¸s for the
VIC-1 intercom sets that go in The SP howitzers.
,
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A SWiTCH tO 2²aM P
If you're still using a 5µamp F¹02 fuse
on the º»-752 control panel of your A±/
PPSµ4A raDar set, you¼re not with it,
Jack.
Use a slo-blo 2-amp fuse, FS± 5920-
228-7882, in that FL02 slot, since that½s
all it takes to protect the power con¾
verter setup.
Mark
"2
AMP¿
near
the
F¹02 slot,
USE
2±aMP
FUSE
NOW
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using the kinD of marker that d³s the job for you bestÀ »he setÁll get permanent
markings when it makes the Depot scene.
»he change from theÂ5-amp to the 2-amp fuse is an offshoot of MÃÄ Å1-5840-ÆÇÈ-
45/L, which DecreaÉed the poÊer consumption but DiD Ënot scale Down the power
fuse rating.
»he fu²l scoop is on page ÈÆ, »B 750-911µ2 (Fe· 71)Ì
RADaR
REFLeCTiON
HereÍs how to help your
A±/»P±Î18 raDar set stÏy away froÐ
ClÑÏÒ the threaDs of Óhe external power connÔÓors
aÒD
Õl otÖer eXterÒÕ connectors×
Øhen, app²y si²icone comÙund ÚÛÜ very lightlyÝ
Þipe off ϲl the compounD eßcept a thàn protÔÓive fil
»hás
gives you a ·etâer seÏl anD Discourages moistã
anä corrosion.
åou can get an 8æoz
tb
of
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