PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 360
NOVEMBER 1982
You won't find it on the package,
but you±d better believe it:
.
The Use of
mercUry
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and lithium batteries, like
those in your night vision equipment,
can be hazardous to your heaLth³
The BA-1567 mercury battery and
its lithiUm replacement, BA´5567,are
a pair to watch³ If yoU abUs or misUse
±em, they can turn on yoU ³µ
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To Get the bes¶ oUt of your AN/PPS´
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radar set±s silver·zinc power¸ ¹º
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yoU¼ve Got to ½ut yoUr best in at charging time³
Here±re a few tips to help yoU do
just that:
¾se
only
the
P¿À4127
battery
charger for the job³ Keep the battery
cover off and watch for Gassing³
Áf the charger kicks oUt before 15
hoUrs and kee½s cUtting oFF at 8³1 (+or
 0³1) volts aFter resettinG, make sure
the Cable connectioÃs are clean and
undamaged³
ÄyebaÅl the to½ terminal nUts to be sUre theyÆre CleaÇ and tÈght³
Then, iF the battery wonÉt charGe rÈgÊt ËFÌer aÇ extra 24ÀhoUr waitinG perÈod,
tUrn it in³
If charginG time goes past 20 hoUrs, Åook FOr a sÊort or a bad cÊarGer³
Heavy Gassing in
3
oF tÊe 4 celÅs wÈth tÊe cÊarger goiÇg is a sure tipoff to a
shÍrt³ Îheck eaÏh cell indÈvidUally³ If oÇe is sÊorted, tUrn tÊe battery in³
TÊe above tips are FÐr ÈÇitÈaÅ CÊaRGiÇGÑ NeVer disCÊarge a battery below 5³2
volts³ DUrÈng recÊarging, tÊe CÊarger wÈll tri½ wÊeÇ tÊe battery is FulÅy Charged,
UsUally at 8³1 (Òor Ó 0³Ô volts)³
Õnce it tri½s, let the BÖÀ622 Cool³ Press the CÊarge CircUÈt ÕN³ If the Charger
sh×ts oFF Èn 5 to Ô5 minUtes, the batteryÉs ready³
If yoUr FuÅlyØCÊarged battery woÇÉt power yoUr radar FOr at Åeast 4 ÊoUrs, tUrn
it in for aÇother oÇe³
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