PS Magazine - AUGUST 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 285
AUGUST 1976
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PRESsUre pOINT²
Putting the sqUeeze on you
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22/PT switchboard can be goo² and
bad, depending on wHere you're
putting the pressUre.
³t's good to open tHe rear cover and
gentlY sqUeeze tHose spriNg contacts´
This'll give you better contact with
the battery case terminaLsµ
³t's bad to pUt on the switchboard's
front cover wHen the headset is
pressing against the plUgs on the
telepHone circuit panel.
¶oU can wind Up with bent plUgs or
broken headsetµ
So, pack yo·r headset ¸n the cover,
like it is in Fig 25, Ch 4, of TM 11¹
5805-262-12 (Dec 60).
Then, maKe sure the cover is lineº
up on the »B-22 case before pUtting
pressure on the locK latchesµ
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t³´µ CHAnG¶ Fo·
BA-399
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The TS¼183() ½estiNg pro¾e¿Ure for the BA-399/À battery needs up¿ating.
The battery may test oUt
OK
but still not have eNough zip to power theÁ
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AÂ/PRT¹4 radio transmittiNg set.
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³nstead of Using Jack 13 with 13.8 miNiÄUm voltage, Use Jack 11 with an 11.7
ÄiniÄUm voltage oN the TS-183() battery tester.
Àsing Jack 11 for testing the battery makes a
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power loa¿ similar to tHe one
when the power pack is in an operating set.
Æntil the test procedUre in TB 11-6625-450-10/1 OUl 68) is change¿ froÇ
È]ack 13 to JacK 11, in para 2¹5 of TB 43-0001É9¹1 (Apr 76) gives the o¹ahead.
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Sergeant Half-Mast and his crew of helpers get out often to visit you soldiers in fieLd units.
T±ey talk with troops who have things to say about maIntenance²probLems, heLpful hints on
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PM, quirks in supply anD such³
´f you Don't happen to run intO HaLfµMast or someboDy else from PS Magazine, it's becAuse the
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¶rmy is a big outfit anD they can't go eVerywhere. So, when you do have A probLem or idea, jot it
Down anD senD It to MSG ·AlfµMAst at PS MAgAzine, ¸exington,
KY 40511.
·e'll trY to get to your outfit next trip¹
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