PS Magazine - AUGUST 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 297
AUGUST 1977
Batteries stored in the battery
cHarger can beat up t±e charger quick-
like if you don't keep an eye on them.
They leak and corrode.
Best bet is to remove the batteRies if
they're going to go unused for weeks
or Mont±s.
Other ways in whic± yoU can protect
the charger include:
²olD onto the batteries and slide
them into the wells easy³liKe. ´onµt
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drop them in, becaUse if you do they
hit the thermal switch and cause it to
least weekly while theyµre stored in t±e
charger .
.. and make sure the battery
contact shield is Covering t±e contaCt
Wipe all sand and dirt from t±e
battery beFore you put it in the
Æc±arger.
That way itµs easy to remove the
batÇery aFter it's charged. And, sand
and dirt won't get in t±e t±ermal
switch. Èrud in the switch could
prevent it from making contaCt.
ÉememberÊwhen you clean t±e
batteryËnever touch bot± contaCt
rings at the same time. Ìf you do you'll
get shocked.
CONTAInERS
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sÙÚÛÜge ÝÞßàÓers áâãs
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liäåæ çaÛè,
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Ìf you ×aCk t±e gear qUiCk anD ïot so
neat, yoU Can tear up ð±e ñs±ions,
Damage t±e latC±es anD s×ring t±e
Covers oF t±e Containers.
I
Soò0ò0ò0, Carefólly lay t±e coô-
ponents õn t±e reCesses maDe for
t±em. Seat t±e Covers flósh all around
anD then sna× t±e latc±es into place.
If
youµve got to För÷e t±e latc±øs, t±en
t±e Components aren't in rig±t or tùe
coveÛ is not flósh.
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