PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 250
SEPTEMBER 1973
Dear Hah-Mast,
Our mesS±²al personneL get t²em³
SeLves into a Lot of ²ot water every
time t²ey paint t²eir immersion
²eaters. ´ome inspectors Say t²e
paiNt Line is too ²ig²µ and ot²ers say
it's too Low¶ W²ere do you draw t²e
Line?
MSGW. M±
PAINT HEATER
BODY ABOVE
HErE ²³´
EXCEpT A
FEw PArTs
Dear Sergeant
µ¶
M.,
±
The line is clearly drawn in the
specs MIL-H²43540 (Sep
67)·
It's
6
inches below the top of the burner
tube.
Actually, you paint all the outside
of the heater Body dowN tO that line,
except Fr a ³w parts´
You never paµnt thE screw thReads
of the hanger assembly, the wick and
the retainer sprµng of the igniter, the
drip valve of the ¶el tank and the
instructµon plate oN the hood.
Matter o'·act, you never paint the
µdeNti¸cation plate on the ¹ue pipe
or the ¶el tank, eitherº
The ¸ller plug and the vent plug
of the ¶el tank are paiNted but iN
a closed posµtion.
o"
FUEL TANK WITH WICK IS A BOMB
WHO NEEDS IT
ol
Dear Sergeant »¼
f¸ ¹¸,
Dear Ha·¸MaSt
µ
W²at¹s t²e story on using wiCkS to
empty fueL tanks of equipmeNt Gºing
into StoraGe? Put me on t²e safe pat²
before
i
Store my immersion ²eaterµ
fieLd ranGeµ LanternSµ sma» enGiNes
and suC²¼
ººg »
¼
½
¾
¿À
Soon as you Frget those wicks, you½ll already be oN the r¾yal road
to safety. ¿o DA pub says to use ½em.
A wick in a Àuel taÁk µs like a ¶se on a bomb. It½s a bµgger hazard
than the oNe it trµes to get rid of .
HereÂs how to clean out a Àuel tank:
lÁ
Drain it, if required (and if you
can).
2Â
»un the equipment to get out
all the Àuel Ãom the system.
3. Leave the cap oÄ and ventilate
the tank out µn the open aµr.
4. »eplace the cap and store the
equipment.
ThatÅsÆ it .
.. the only way to go
.Ç´ no wµcks.
Ã3
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