PS Magazine - AUGUST 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 285
AUGUST 1976
TANK TALK.
. .
SOLID ST ATE
REGULATOR RUNdoWN
If your M48/M60 series tank has one of The new space-age sol±d sTate voltage
regulators, you need a liTtle run²down on How To opeRate and ma±ntain ±T.
³o cHeck on TH±s you .
..
1. ³uRn off T´e MasTeR swµTch.
2.
OpeN THe TuRReT PlatfoRm access
¶anD TRaveRse THe TuRReT unT±l
You geT THe access dooR Pos±tµoned so
You can see T·e VolTaGe RegulaToR (µT's
NeaR T·e baTTeRµes).
LooK FoR a VolTage conTRol box
(aDjusTµNg RHeosTaT). ¸T¹s a small, oValº
sHaped, box w±tH a cable lead±Ng ±NTo
T»e RegulaTo
rlL±
·_
.±²³´µ¶
,±
·¸
"/Q±,²
¹º
-². ³·´ µ¶¸:¹º
, ± . j
WatCH 0-U³t´FµO¶R·t_H¸E¹SºE»¼
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²
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On ¼TuTHeR Hand, ±f THeRe ±s no VolTage coNTRol box, you¼ve GoT one of THe New
·
µ
Solµd
sTaTe RegulaToRs aNd you¹ll Have to waTcH foR THese Th±ngs:
½¾
1. Wh¿n yÀu Á"Â ÂÃÄ ÅÆ¿ ÇÈnk
GAGE
•
'1
THe generaToR may not chaRge.
NOT In
•
.
½
C; ±²
Éou can tell because The BaTTeryÊ
GREEN
»
¼
½
¾
¿
» ¼
½
,
geneRaTor Gage won¼ËT sHow in the
À
NOT
Á
gReen and THe a±r cleaning bloweR
CHARGiNG
.±²
moTors won¼T woRK.
ÌeÍ tÎe eng±ne waRÏ up The way The
opeRaToR¼s manual says.AT Th±s Po±nt Ðf
tHe generaToR ±s noT charging, ÑaR
down on the acceleRaToR foR a couPle of
seconds, speed±ng THe eng±ne To 1600
ÒÓM, tHen leTt±ng iT fall BacK to ±dle
±
-
:²³
¾ ¿ ÀÁÂ
´µ¶
¾¿;ÀÁÂ
ÃÄÅÆÇÈ _ÉÊË
speed. ³»e geneRator sHoulD now staRT
SHOU
LD
±
Ô
h
ÕÖ
ging
Õnd ×Øinu¿ ÅÙ Ú
H
ÛÜ
"
cH
SG¶i
NG
±
all enݱne sÞeeds.
.
NO
W
SU
S
D
U
D
R
E
G
N
E
w1±
2·
ßomet±mes w»en The engine ±s
\¸
ruNn±Ng You can geT a sudden VolTage
TRiPS
suRge THaT w±ll TR±p tHe c±Rcu±t bReaKer
BREaKER ³
Ì
³
Í
on The voltage RegulaToR. WHen th±s
Î
³³
BAT-GEN
D
ROPS
haPpens, you can Tell because tHe
OUT OF GREEN
baTTeRYàgeneRaToR gaGe áµll dRop ouT of THe gReen s·ow±ng THe sYsTem ±s noT
cHaRgµNG and THe aµR cleaNeR moToRs á±ll sToP.
PUSH RESET
³o ReseT The c±RcUµT bReaâeR, You open THe TuRReT platfãRÏ
BUTTON
´
³
´ µ
access däoR aND åand TRaNveRse THe TURReT so you caN geT To THe
Â
Ã
ÄÅ
VolTage ReGulaToR. ÓusH ±N THe reset buTTon. (¸T¹s on T·e VolTaGe
ReGulaToR aboVe and beTween THe
2
elecTR±cal connecToRs.) ¸f THe
geæeRaToR ±s noT cHaRG±nG call YouR oRgan±zaTµonal çmecHanic onlY
±f you can¼T f±x µT youRself.
,´µ³¶_µ_·¸T:OR¹E"SE º» T¼
CIRCUIT BREAKER
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