PS Magazine - JUNE 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 247
JUNE 1973
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THE CASe OF The
MISSING mULTIMETER
Da, da, dum, dUm.
And the beaT goes on .
Picture a SherlOck haT, frtively
sniFing the cracks and crannies o±
your Little
01'
Shop-in-the-Boonies.
Mission: to discover all The ²riti³
ca´ly short µS- 3528 mu´timeters
which somehow avoid getting back
into the supply system.
Sounds impossible, what?
Maybe even SuperSTud couldn't
pul¶ this one o·¸
Listen to the tape:
¹nly about 10 peR cent o± the µS-
352' s that should make it back to
depot ºr repair ever get there»
µhere¼s a provision whereby
352B¼s can get back to C¹N½S
depoTs on a priority repair basis when
they can't get quick r
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epair in
¹C¹N½S shops (½SAEC¹M Supp´y
Inºrmation Letter ¾3-72, ¾ ¹ct 72,
spells it out)» Doesn¼t matter what
condition they¼re in, so long as They¼re
noT junk.
So¿e sets get salvaged unnecessarÀ
ily, adding to the critical short supÁ
plyÂ
Some sets »
. . just geT lostÂ
Maybe this tape¼l¶ Get lost»
Will SuperStuà accept the assignment and try to Änd out whaT hap³
pens To all Those repairab´e ¿ultime³
ters that never make it to a Support
shop and consequently get lost?
¹r wi´l guys who
really
need the¿
have to contiÅuÆ doing Çithout
them?
We don't know. Just keep ´ooking
over your shoulder» Da, Da, Dum,
Dum.
5³
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ÈeÉ is to hot lead as bÊacK iË to
groÌnd. ÍroÌÎÏe ÐoÑes ÇheÒ yoÌ
ËÇiÓch ÔeÑ aroÌnÉ»
will work long enough to Test your
C-¾611 intercom, keep its P¹WÕȳ
Ö×ØÙÚÛÜÝ
¹ÞÞ switch in the ¹ÞÞ position until
Whßch is a gooÉ way To remember
That the red clip àn the power cárd
o± your µS-¾5ââ tesT set goes to the
posiTive post o± your 2âV power
source. Black, naturally, goes to The
negaTive poãt . . »
and, reverse polar³
ity damage is avoideÉ.
REMEMBER:
´ED TO POSiTµVE
BLACK TO NEGATiVE
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D
0 ´
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Q
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¹
•º » ¼
•µ
½
8
a
When you finish working with yoUr
mulcimeter, do ic a favor.
¾¿¿
multimeters
thaT
measure
ohms
should be set on
dc
C±RRenT and on che
¾mp
sCale when not in use² Saves the
battery when the meter's not in use, or if
the probe tips aCCidentally make ContaCt³
5À
you connect The leads» Saves da¿ageä
KEEP POWER
SWiTCH OFF
UNTµÁ LEADS
ARE Â NNECTED
µo keep you a´l the way straight,
heed those cautions in para 13 o±µ
11- 662 5-44 1- 12 (Aug 61) Ȋ.
name´Y, on DC voltage anÉ outpÌt
rangeå
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