PS Magazine - APRIL 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 293
APRIL 1977
CARE-Before
you
throw away those B±²30 batteries
.'cause the red light dims and the audio
·weakens, reverse the batterY case³
Those batte´ies May haVe a Lot of liFe
left in 'em³
Two batteries are all it takes to giVe
µou the 3 Volts needed to operate the
night alarm and light sWitch³The other
2 Generate a simila´ Voltage to power
the ope´ato´¶s telephOne³
¸he power d´ain is di¹Ferent sinº»
_
¼ the ala´m circuit
½
usuall¾ pulls more
juice than the ope´ator¿s circuit³
ÀesulÁÂa slightlà uneVen d´ain on the
batteriesÄ
So, Hold oFF th´owiNg away all
4
batteriesÅ Just Pull out tÆe battery case,
reVe´se it aNd put it baºk in³
no
rÇugh handling when you're replacIng
È
batte´ies or you¶ll wInd up with bent or
broken sprÉngs and contacts³ ± simple
baÁterYÊchanging Ëob can turn Into a
Ì
big Íaintenance one³
To keep your ºontacts and sprIngs
in good shape, do like it says in TÎ 11Ï
5805Ð262Ð1Ñ (Dec 60) when You ÒaVe
ÁoÓ change batteriesÂ
·
your
index
Fingers
battery ºase and ºapsÅ
Ôull the case outÄ
±fter replaÕinÖ tÆe batte´ies, put
×
the case on the ºontacts and press it
into the spring
Ø
contaºts³
±6
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In the contact sprinæs³ òUst
fáÚm ÛtIíKinæ sÇ YÇU cón íÚmÙleÁà Áßà
páessuáe iÛ all thaÁ¶s needed³ TÚ gIVe
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haVe not looked at your batÁerIeÛ
latíheÛ aáe āĂllY latched³
lately, do so³ Thatăs becaUse the
:Ç;ÈÉÊË!iÌÍ
baÁÁerIeÛ keep worKInæ eVen Ýhen
yoUr swItchboard iå noÁ³ They can sÁaáÁ
leakinĄ aÁ any time sÇ lÇok ¶em oVąr
oftenÅ
Ćhen Ãou knoć youĈ ´e noÁ goinæ to
be using the swItchbÇard
(and any
:oÁhe´
communIcatIons/electronics
equipĉent Áhat Uåes drY batteries, for
that matter) taKe out the batterieÛ³
Îost of the damage from batÁery
leaKage comes From leaVing batteries
in gear when it's not beIng Used³
ÿf dirÁ getÛ iĊÁċ Áhe áecČåÛeč slotÛ, Ďr
If Áhe cÚVer Is not ílÚÛed alď tße ÝaY,
Áhe latcheÛ ÛÁIcK ÇuÁ³ çeXÁ thInæ YÇU
KnÚw Áßey get báoKen Çff wßen YoUá
swIÁíhbÚard IsĐđaid In a trUcK oá æeÁå
snagged oä ÛomeÁhIng³
±7
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