PS Magazine - JUNE 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 247
JUNE 1973
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Flush, wash, clean. Key words
when it comes to pulling mainte-
nance on the bLower Intake and
exhaust pOrts of the
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and
related xenoN searchlights.
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How and with what You clean gets
you down to the nitty·gritty. ±ike,
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²ush out ports throuGh the
intake wIth a gently ³owIng garden
hose(nonozZLe)´ µouCA¶'T¸ush wIth
a high¹pressure hose´ ºhat could put
your Light out of business´
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breathing until the ozone mixes with
outsiËe air.
Ìf the prImary re³ector neeËs a
cleaning job, including removal oÍ
ÎnGerprints, reach Ïr alcohoL, lintÐ
free
cLoth or Lens cleÑner. Òsing
water, paper or an old raÓ can leaVe
an unwanted resiËueÔ
Õhen you repLace a burned¹out
lamp, turn it in to suÖport. ºhey×re
expensiVe, and theyØre not expendÙ
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rubber are natuÛal enemies, so beat
down the temptation to spray the
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cLeaNeR i± The i±TAke poRT oR oTheR
hARD-To²geT³AT pLAces, Like The ToRsioN
baR joiNTs.
´NoTheR bAD iTeM To keep Away
FoM RubbeR AND gAskeTs is paiNTµ IT
seTs up The RubbeR ¶R cRAcks A±D DRy
RoTµ
´ poiNT To ReMeMbeR AbouT The
wARNiNg LighT oN The coNTRoL box: The
LighT Does
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shuT o· The seaRch¸¹ghTµ
You hAve To Do ThaT by ºppi±g The
SE´»CH¼IGH½ swiTch oN The coN³
TRo¾ box ¿owN To OÀÀ posiTioNµ
OTheRwise, The heAT buiLDup wiLL
expLoDe The LighTµ
WheN iT coMes TiMe To shuT DowN
The LighT, TuRN iT oÁÁ AT The
SE´»CH¼IGH½ swiTch oNLy ½hAT
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wAyà A TheRMosTATicALLy coNTRoLLeD
swiTch ALLows The bLoweR MoToR To
coNTiNue RuNNiNg uNTiL The LighT is
cooLeD µ Ä µ TheN sÅuT o· auToMATiÆ
cALLyµ
So, keep The vehicLe's MasTeR
swiTch oN uNTiL The bLoweR sToPsµ
½hAT wAy, heAT buiLDup wo±ÇT
expLoDe The LAMp oR DAMAge The iNsuÈ
LATio±µ
´ ReMiNDeRÉ useRs oÁ The 2µ 2kw
xeNo± seaRchLighT shouLD hAve ÊiRecT
SuppoRT checK The wiRiNg oÁ SwËTch
SÌ Äµµ To be suRe The swiTch is wiReD
LiKe iT sAys iN ½Í 11³6230³219³35 (uL
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