PS Magazine - APRIL 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 245
APRIL 1973
So whac've yOu gOt?
If the eleCtroniCs chat make COmmA equipment, missiLe systems, engineer items,
WeapOns and suppOrt equipment gO COuld talk, they'd be speaking the same language.
There are basi± dO's and dOn't²s chat gO with the name ³.
. nO matter Whatever eLse
"eleCtrOni±s´ may be attaChed to.
KNµBS ¶ND S·IT¸HES³ The stOry is
oft-rePeated, but it apparentLy lOses some¹
thing in the translatiOn: YOu don't manº
handle
switChes
On
eleCtrOni±s
gear.
They are deLi±ate. NeCessarily
so,
COn»
sidering expense, Weight, bu¼k.
YOU½ never
fOrCe them. If they dOn¾t
tUrn freely, find Out Why. If they stOp
during a turn,
they prObably Were de»
signed co.
FOr±ing nOt OnLy tears up the sWit±h,
but ¿t ±Ould bust the buiLt-in stop³
¸heCk retaining sCrews often. Tighten
chem, ¿f ne±essary.
TIGHTEN
SCREWS
ÀrOteCt swit±hes, coO. Snags, ±loth¿ng
and cOOls grab chem like magnets, sO
Work arOund chem with that in m¿nd.
¸µRRµSÁµN is a forever problem with
eleCtrOniCs Gear .
.. mOre so in hOt, humid
areas³
¸Onca±cs, pins, COnneCtiOns need a
lOOkÂsee regularly.
chECK cONTACTS
¶ dab of eleCcriCal ContaCc CLeaner sUCh
as FSN 6810Â930Ã6311 (12ÄOz Åan) may
be the ansWer.
SiliCOne
COmpound,
FSN
9150Ã257-
5358
(8ÂOz
tubeÆ,
LightLy
applied, is
a
Ç
gOOd Èreventive on antenna se±tiOn
threads. Best bet for ÉÃrings Or Ocher
Water seals ¿s siliCone COmpOund FSN
6850Â880-7616 (8ÂOz ÊubeÆ, but keep it off
ele±triCal ±OntaCts³ Át²s an
Ë
insuLator.
FSN 6850-880-7616
¶ super sus±eptibLe ±OrrOsiOn getter is
the Ìbattery
WeLl Of ele±triCalÂeleCtroniCs
ÍheÎ ic OftenÏ The hotter and mOre
hUM¿d the area, the mOre Often yOu ±he±k.
Da¿ly
;
even.
B¶ÐÐERY
·EÑÑS
bring
up
another
e¼eCtrOni±s gear kilLer.
Doesn't seem possibLe chat a battery,
COsting anywhere frOm a feW ±ents tO a
feW dOLlars, Can do hu
dreds and even
thOusands Of dOLLars wOrth Of damage³
But it Can ³³. and dOes.
·hy?
BeCause a battery nOrmaLly is OUt Of
sight, and peOple forget it. SO, it hides in
gear fOr days, weeks, even mOnths .
..
and eats aWay like termites.
±-²
ing time ¼ike, say, betWeen ¶¼aska and
SoUtheast ¶sia, bUt eat they Wi¼l ³Ò³ un»
less you fOllOw che sUre-±Ure rUle:
TÓke ²em OUt!
·henever eqU¿pment is gO¿ng cO be
scOred Or lie idLe, tÔke OUt the batter¿es.
That goes triple if yOUr
g
ear ¿s using dry
±ells³
I
1³
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