PS Magazine - JUNE 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 295
JUNE 1977
your commUnicatIons.
±dling is sUre and CertaIn slOw Death for yOUr enGIne.
Which Is wHy yoU're aUtHOrIzeD GeneratOrs tO rUn yoUr cOmmO eqUIpment .
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and w²y yoU sHoUld always Use 'em tO CU³ DOwn wear and tear On yoUr biG
²orsePower´
M578/Ml0±
mllO .
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TANKS ²²³ SP aRTILLERY
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GENe
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SO YOU're a Crewman On a cOmbat
veµICle tHat µas tµe OlD CarbOn pIle
GeneratOr vOltaGe COntrOl bOx.
¶µen DO YOU aDjUst tµe GeneratOr
CµarGInG vOltaGe?
¹DJUstinG ºHis is joB
For Un»º MeCH¹niC
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wµen.
±t's a job FOR YOUr UNit mecHaniC.
±F YOU Use tHinGs ·Hat p¸ll a lot of
cUrrent (tµe searCHlight, F'rinstan¹E,)
tµe batterY-GenEratOr Gage Can sHow
In tHe YellOw zOnE´ THIs Is a nOrmaL
reaDinG AnD nº CaUse FOr Generat»r
reGUlatO¼
aDj¸stment.
¶µen
tHe
eleCtrICal load Is reDUCeD, lIke w²en
YOU tUrn OFF tµe searCµliGµt Or sto½
rUnnInG
tµe
tUrret
eleCtrICitY,
the
CHarging cUrrent sµoUlD sµOw In tHe
Green on tµe gage¾
±f ¿µe neeDle stays in tHe YeÀÁoÂ
wÃen YOU're nOt PUllInG mUCh cUrrent,
tµÄÅ It's tIme tO Yell f»r tHe meCHaÆic.
Çe µas tµe eqUIpment to adjUst tHe
rµeOstatÈ
ɱF YOU trY tO make tµis aDjUstmEnt
yOUrself wItµOUt tµe riGHt eqUiPMÊnt
YOU
COUlD DamaGe
tUrret
eleCtrical
cOmËOnents as wELl as lIGHts, BattErIes
anD tµe Generator itself.
So laÌ OFf! Íet tHe meCHaniC DO his
jOb.
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