PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 335
OCTOBER 1980
Don't store equipment with tHe
dry-cell
batteries insTalled.
±Hat
means overnig²t as well as fOr weeks³
'Course,
´
you're guaranteed µrouble if
you store telepHones, swiµcHboards
and Man¶pack radios in a Hot C·NEX
witH batteries in place³ Corrosion'll
Kill 'em³
y
iI',
.
tlTfJ±!'&²{³j´µIh ¶$
1-
But tHe creeping crud can foul up battery contacts and
a couple days in normal temps, as well.
Your biggest job may be making
sure oPerators give your gear a little
respect. Like not tossing µelepHone
sets around w¸en loading and un¹
loading tHem for tHe field³
·nce you get 'em to µHe Field in one
piece, give 'em a cHance to do tHeir Job.
50
WHen storing batºeries, keep 'em
cool³ C»A
50-909
(Nov 79) ·¼'s a
refrigerator for½ your unit. If you don't
Have tHat, keep 'em as cool as possible.
Be sure to use tHe oldest first³
¾atcH battery dates¿ If a battery
gets old (see SB 11¶30 (Apr 7À) fÁr
storage life), don't boµHeR sending it
on a Hot mission³ Use iµ for nonÂ
essential
workÃlike
µHe
office
flasHligHt³
»Hat means Äaving all moisÅure
protectors
in
place¿
Æ'rinsµance,
battery compartMent gaskets, panel
screw packing, and UÇ79 cover disks
on your È312's³
5
Éake sure tHere's a sag in wire
²anging doÊn to tHe gear³ »Here's Ëa
nice patH for waµer if tHe sag' s left out.
Cover your gea in rain, too³
You've got to watcH tHe new plasµic
case on tHe ÌBÈ22 switcHboard now,
tHo.
Grounding Has cHanged a little witH
µHat new case³ It comes witH a ground
wire permanently Hooked to tHe case³
TAt END
S±aYs
HOo)W/
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