PS Magazine - JANUARY 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 338
JANUARY 1981
Getting Your
1®\
to GO
Put
the
rigHT
preventive
mainTenance into your ±OW miss.²e
systems and your ±OW will go³
Ignore PM, and ±OW tacTical or
training missions will skid ´o a halt³
So what's new?
Nothing,
but
if
you
wanT
youR
sysTem operational, or if yoU have To
have it that way, or if you µAY have To,
listen well³
Of Ii o±²³
¶ouR nickel-cadmium batTery is a·
expensive buT smalL
componenT oF
youR
system,
bUT
wHen
iT's
noT
working, you have ·o missio·¸ ±he
sysTem is down³
If ¹ou sToRe tHeº »¼defi·iTeLy wiThout
·
a charge, baTtery life wil½ shorte·, yoUr
unit will need more replaceme¾ts, and
somebody wiLl catch The sTuff off The
f¿n³
When
your
baTTeries
are
idle,
discharge and fu½ly chaRge Them once
eveRy
30
days³
«
Stacking
StoRed baTteRies aRe damagEd by
sTacking them atop each oTher³
Prevent damage
By putting soft
padding beTween Them³
OR, make a rack accoRding To your
needs and stack them³
±he book Tells you to clean powdeR :
I
residue fRom baTTeries³
±
.;
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Some units Turn baTTeries in for
ReplacemenTs
because
of
powder
Residue³
Wipe off
powder
resIdue
Àmong other refere·ces, para
2-18
1
of ±M
9-1425-472Ê12
Gan
80)
says
clean them³
±he powder is a normal chemicA½!
deposiT³ ±o remove it, wet down a
clean rag and wipe the powder off
with The Rag³ ¶ou ca· geT tough spoTs
with a brush (no wÁre brush, please)³
maintenance level³ Check youR ±M's³
ItÂs
been
said
hard
and
sTrong
befÃRe ³³³ jump
charging
(shoRTening
the
chargi·g
cycle)
kiLls
BaTteRies
quick³ ±hey deve½op a memoRy cyc½e
for the shoRt chaRge, can't perform a
mission, and have To be rep½aced³ ¶ou
may get away wiTh iT
2
oR
3
times, buT
The· you can kiss the baTTery goodÄyeÅ
±He key Æs,
fully
discharge a baTTeRy
and then
fully
chaRge iT³ ¶our ±M's
again, spell iT oUt³
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