PS Magazine - AUGUST 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 333
AUGUST 1980
AN/TSQ-Tl (Dragon) monitoring
se± users are damaging Expen²ive
³ickeL´cadmium battEriE² with tooµ
eageR ba±tery charging.
As Change
5
±o TM
9-6920±480-12-
1
a³d TM
9±6920²484-12
²ay, you
sHou¶d
not
chaRge the battEriE² in the
·oni±ori³g ²e± unti¸ thE chargE metEr
reads in ±hE ¸oweR
³/
of thE ye¸¸ow
band.Use thE sE± ti¸¶ thE metEr reading
is tHat Low.
Don't
charge
till
low
In
yellow!
permanEn± damagE. You can a¸²o put
i³ a mEmory cycLe which wi¸¶ ¹au²E the
ba±tery to chargE from that higHEr
poi³t .
.. say high in thE ye¸¸ow .
.. Even if
it be¹omes a¶mos± fº¸¸y dischargEd.
·
In effect, the mEmory cy¹¸E put² in a
surface
cHargE
whi¹h couLd
be
nowhEre
nEar
fuL¶
charge .
.. Eve³
though your mEtEr may givE a fuL¸
cHarge Reading»
That ¹ou¸d me²s ¼p a tra½n¾ng
s¹hedu¸e as we¸¸ a² the bat±ERy.
ThE point i², don'± be too EagEr to
¹harge the battEriE². ¿et the· run
down ti¸L your mEtEr shows ÀEm i³ thE
¶oweR
´µ3
of tHE ye¸¸ow. Áou'¶¸ gEt aL¶
±he power you nEEd ti¶¶ yo¼
really
nEEd
a charge.
If you chaRgE a battEry whi¹h ha² a
Reaso³abÂy good ¹harge ¶Eft, you can do
±6
If thE ba±teriE² do not pErform
satisfa¹tori¶y with thE mEtEr rEading
in thE ye¶¸ow, ²omEthingò wrong.
Turn thEm in to your support.
p±²
J>³A,´
±
' TRAckER P²otEction
¶ :·_
:.±l
²³·
±
¸
.
One of tHe be²±
Ä
ways ±Å pRo±ec± youR
You a¶so can pReven± da·age ±o ±H
±
:ÆÇ
ÈÉÊ˱RackeR
whe³ youÃRe sending i± out foR sHock cushion² o³ tHe ±RackeR i±se¶f by
f±rb)
repaiR oR wha±eveR is ±o use ±he Ìe±±i³g ±He· do tHeiR job a² sHock
²³
co³±ai³er i± ¹a·e i³ (NSN
¹4º0-00-
absoRbers. THa± means go easy on
²
078»8º40).
Ía±ura¶¸y, you keep and ¶if±i³g
the
±RackeR
witH
±hem.
use tHe con±ainer packing ·a±eRiaL,
Îepea±ed vic±im of rougH ha³d¶iÏg is
FoR ta¹ti¹a¶ or tRaÐnÐng use, thE
trackeR ¹arRying bag i² a mu²t. You ¹an
he¸p the caRRying bag do its job by
pREventing handÑing damage to thE
Bag and
Ò
thE tra¹KER, too.
±he
padded ¹ushion besidE tHe
eyEpiece. TRoops yank ±he ±rackeR
from ±he caRRyi³g bag by pu¶¸i³g it oº±
wi±H ±he ¹ushion. The cushion pu¶¶s
off .
.. and ±he tra¹ker goes down foR
RepaiR.
ÓEs± be±Ô grab thE meta¶ par±s of ±he
±ra¹keR and pu¸¸Õ
Ö×
WhEn you put ±he tRa¹kER back in
the bag, p¶acE thE bare meta¸ base
aGinst thE bag'² padding. That way
the
ho¶e
Ø
tra¹KEr's protE¹tEd.
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