PS Magazine - APRIL 1982

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 353

APRIL 1982

PS Magazine - APRIL 1982 - Page 28 of 35
The same goes if you store the
alarm fOr more than
3
days.
Use only de-ionized distilleD water,
NSN
6810-00±682²6867 (1
gal) or
NSN
6810²00²356²4936 (5
gal).
If you use tap or other water in the
detector's reservoir, it won't flush right, and the alarm may not work.
.
-±²
³
³
7
´,µ¶·¸¹
º²
»
N;e
¼½
w
Cell?
When you install a new detector cell
in you
M43,
run the unit for an hour to
stabilize it.
If you don't run it, your alarm
system May not detect chemical
agents. Bad news. You also need a
stabilized alarm to Determine pump
life.
M151A2 Truck Mount
±rganizational maintenance types who install alarms on
M151A2
1/-ton
trucks need TB
43²0001²39²4
Can
80).
T² instructions can't cut it for the
Ml51A2³
Strips must be cut from the
fender support brackets. Holes must be drilled. Page
2²75
and Figs
2´26
and
27
of the TB show you how.
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rubber 0-rings, so replace them when
they go bad³ For a good seaL, make sure
you seat the 0-ring for the nitrogen
cylinder in the groove o´ the sprayµ
head assembly.
Seat the µ¶ring
foR the nItrOgen
cyLinder iN
its grOOve
Keeps the
Ml
1
from getting
a
´¶lL
·
c¸Arge¹ Result? Youº deco» ef´ort
\'
1
fizzles.
Ung¾ided MissIle
Whe» yo¼ put on a »ew cyLin½er¾
make sure it¿s seateÀ straight with tÁe
Mll'·
thumb leVer¹ If itÂÃ »ot seateD
rigÁt, you couLd launch the cyLi»deº
whe» you raise tÁe handle to deconÄ
taminate³ It¿Ll take off LiKe a ºocket!
make suRe
tHe nitrogen
cy¸indeR is
seated RIgHt
Before you install the nitroge»
cÅLinder, check it for ºough edges that
couLd cut the 0Æring. Çile off any buºrsÈ
Then iÉstall the cylinder easy-like.
When you toss out a uÃed »itroge»
cylinder, make sure you donÊt throË
out the 0Ìring with it¹ Sometimes a
A
damaged or missing 0Íring lets sticky 0Îring clings to the neck of the
nitrogen leak ÏÐom the cylinder. That cylinder.
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