PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 279
FEBRUARY 1976
Some W15 cables, NSN 5995-00-
407±2810, with the pigtail leads too
short and banana plugs color coded
wrong have hit the field.
If you get one, ask your support to
back off the outer insulation to make
each pigtail lead about 3 inches long²
Then, have 'em switch the banana
plugs to match the color coding in fig
7-5 of TM 11-5815-332±15 (an 71),
Ch 2³
Or, you can Return the cable to youR
supply support and get another one.
TUNE TO CLEAN CoNTACTS
!
'
A twist of the wrist can help head
±=
²³
´;µ¶
·¸¹
º
off trouble on your AN/V´C-12
series radio setµ
p1±²-³Dl!L
That's right. Tuning contacts get
1-
;
H
dirty if you don't change frequencies
."±²
³´µh
on your ´T-246¶), -524¶) receiver·
¸¹º
"» tra¼smitter or ´±442¶) receiver now
·¶¸:¹º»¼½
and then½
So, give your gear a helping hand bY
tur¼ing your tuning sw¾tches back and
forth several times½ This'll help clean
the contacts.
And, you may try tuning past the
operating frequency and then tuning
back to itµ This will clean contacts, too²
40
NOMENCLATURE
QUANTITY
SOME USES
(NSN)
Trichloroethane
12-oz caN
Contact±
²Leaner
(6810³´0³930µ6311)
Si¶Icone gRease
8µoz tube
AnteNNa
Contacts
(9150µ00³257µ5358)
(nonµ·nsuLating)
SilIcone compound
8µoz tube
¸ubber
¹µringº,
( 6850µ00µ880µ76»6)
gromMetº,
Gaºketº,
preformed
pack¼nG
VarNish
1³pt spray can
½oisture
protection,
(8010³00³515³2487)
fungus³proofIng
Denatured alcohol
»µpt bottLe
CLeaning pLuGs,
(6810³00³201³0906)
springs
(in
Humid
areaº),
searcHLiGHt
reflectoRs
CleanIng compound
1µgaL can
¾rease¿
funguº,
(6850µ00³597³9765)
dirt remover,
exterNa
i
surfaces
Polishing cÀoth
13Á By 11³in
Switchboard
ÂLuGº
(7920³00³985µ6849)
and packs
Freon type TF
16³oz can
Cleaning
recorder
(6850³00³105³3084)
heads and
eLectronic
components
SilIcoNe compound
5³oz tube
Ãeatsink
coMÂounÄ,
(6850µ00³927³9461)
heat protection
LsopRopyl aLcohol
8µoz caN
CLeaning
boardº,
( 6810³00³7 53³4993)
electronIc coMponEnts
caut±ons-
•Remember,
use
only
cLEaNers,
soLvents and adhesives on
equIpm±Nt as directeD by tecH pubs.
•²eed ³azards and warNINgs iN t´e puBs aNd oN Labelsµ
4¾
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