PS Magazine - JULY 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 332
JULY 1980
when salt air adds spice-the "cat±
wIll hit your commo gear, but you can
Air Helps Some .
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Leaving a hut door anD vents open
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helps a little, but it woN't prevent
mold/ corrosion. PM checks are a
must and the hotter and wEtter it is,
SOP in some hot aND humiD ar²as
calls for 24³hour a day air coNditioNiNg
IN commo hUts witH high Voltag²
equipm²nt, sUch as tH² A´/GµQ¶3.
·f the air conditioN²r go²s DowN or
is not availabl², molD for¸s oN th²
¹lates and circuit boarDs.
the
¶
ore often checks must be ºade.
The TM intervals may be too far a part»
Salt s¹ray clobB²Rs sh²lt²R walls. ·f
you ignore the s¹Ray, it'll eat hol²s iN
tHe outside walls. So what to do?
Wash the walls with fr²sh water as
ofteN as n²c²ssary. ¼oN't let the salt
residu² build U¹. ·f you Do fiNd h½l²s,
g²t th²m repaired. ¾¿ 43À0124 (UN
-
79) gives yÁu the who, how aNd what
details for fixing.
When humidity's high, coNnectors
aren't much safer iN shelters than they
are in op²Âà vehicles. That goes for
sealed connectors, too.
So, wHen your equipment's workIng
OK, don't open seÄled or inclosed
connectors unnecessarily. That'll exÅ
pose thÆm to corrosion.
·f you disconnect aNy coNn²ctor in
troubleshooting or roUtin² PM checks,
cl²an it if N²c²ssary aND coat th²
housing with silicone grease ´S´
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GRound rot hits gRoUnd rods in
areas of h²avy raiN. ·f yoU'r² usiNg a
rod for a fix²D iNstallatioN, it caN rot
off iN th² grouND. ¾haÈlÉ cR²ÊËe
problems you doN't N²ed.
pull the rod onc² a y²ar to be sure it's
iN good sha¹eÌ
·f yoUr aR²a Has a dry¶wet cycl², the
ground Rod that workeD w²ll in tHe
wet s²ason may not eveN be n²ar
moisture wͲn iÎs dry.
Give it a coNdUctiVity test before you
operate the ²qUipm²Nt. You may hav²
to driV² iÏ a lot
Ð
deep²r to hit
moistuRe .
.. or you may have to keep
the grouNd wet aroUnd it.
·N
Ñ
some areas, not eVen a
4
by 4³ft
sheet of metal bUri²d de²p will give
yoU thÒ groUND yoU N²²d.
Check your groUNd oUt, wet or dry.
FM 11¶487¶4 aNd TC 11³6 tell yoU all
about grouNdiNg.
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