PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1980

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 327

FEBRUARY 1980
PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1980 - Page 21 of 35
It's true that the battery shop rides.
herd on the nickel-cadmium battery in
±
your aircraft² But it's up to you gung³
ho crew chiefs to spot problems before
,
JhEy get out of hand and thereby save
battery and electrical
system ²²² maybe even
´
the aircraft²
Pull a tHorough weekLy or 25µflig¶t·
hour inspection on t¸at baby¹ The PM
info is in theTable 4µ1 of TM 11µ6140µ
203µ14º2 (Mar 78) on aircraft nickeL·
cadmium batteRies²
±
W»en your b¼rd
nG¼ne »as
½
been o¾erated about
Y
»our before t»e
battery c»eck¿ t»e Generator w¼ÀÀ »ave
c»arged t»e battery enouG» t
²
Á
»
o raÂse
t e eÀectroÀyte ÀeveÀ above t»e ceÀÀ
¾Àates² T»e ÀeveÀ Ãay dro¾ ¼f you do
not c»eck t»e battery w¼t»¼n
2
»ours²
C»eck t»e battery ¼n a »
»
anGar or
ot er
²
¾rotected
area² BÀow¼nG d¼rt
enterÂnG aN o¾en ceÀÀ can contaünate
t»e
Àect
:
o!yte² T»¼s
Àeads
to
ceÀÀ
deteÄoratÅon and a s»ot battery²
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