PS Magazine - JULY 1983
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 368
JULY 1983
Tanks, AVLB's and CEV's .±²
There're about as many slaving prOce-
•
Never Remove oR inStall Slave³
R´cepµ¶cle PRotective caPS untIl
the MA·TE¸ BATTE¸Y SwItcH iS off
in bOth the live and Dead vehicles±
•
¹ake suRe the Slave cable iS
free of defects± ºf you find fRayeD
insulatiOn o; exPOSeD wiRing, oR if
µhe connectoRs and adaPteR aRe
IncO»pleµe or unseRviceable, don¼t
use 'em±
•
¹ake SuRe b¶tteRy connec-
tiOns on tHe d´ad vehicles aRe
cle¶n anD tight± ºf tHe b¶tµeRIes aRe
fRozen (½Ou'¾l see ice ¿n tHe cells)
or th´ electRolyte level iS
À
down, let
youR maintenance guyS know ÁeÂ
fORe you tRy to slave tHe veHicle±
•
ºf yOu can¼t P¶Rk tHe live
vehicle besiDe tHe DeaD one, facing
the S¶m´ w¶y, tÃaveRse tHe gun (if
sO equiPped) to tHe Reaà anD PaRk
the live veHicle at a RIgHt angle tO
the Dead on´±
•
FoR chaRging and StaRµIng, tHe
l¿ve v´hIcle is Set to idlÄ at 1000Å
1200 ¸Æ¹Ç
•
THe cHaRg¿ng time foà tHe deaD
vehicle ¿s now 30 mInutes, If
possible±
•
Èon¼t Install oR ÃemoÉe tHe
sl¶ve cable unleSS tHÄ ¹Ê·TE¸
BATËE¸Y swItcH iS oÌf In botH
vehicles±
•
WHen StaRting the dead veHI-
cle, the ¹A·TE¸ BATTE¸Y SwitcH In
both veHicleS iS onÍ
±
Afteà tHe dead ÉeHIcle is
sµaRted, ÃemOve tHe caÁle and let
bOth veHIcleS RUn foR 3Î mInutes, if
posSible, at 1000Ï1200 ¸Æ¹ to
chaRge the ÁatteRieS±
¹6ÎзeRies ÑankS ±±±
ALL other proCEdures remaIn un±
changed. Put these new proCedures ²o
memorY and you³l´ haVe slave starµing
squared away¶
Beware StabilIzATion Danger
·oU can b¸ seriOusly iNjUreD Or ki¹¹¸d WH¸N yOUº re cHeck»ng OU² ²He tUrr¸t »N a
tank With adD¼oN staBiliza²»oN½
If
yoU lean across ²he Br¸ech ²O ²URN On ²H¸ staB»l»za²»ON
¾
poW¸r, yOU cOU¹d B¸
crush¸d WHen the gUN tuBe drOps¿ Tha²ºs already haÀpeNeD ²W»ce »N tHe ¹as²
3
Th¸R¸ »s NO Way yOU caN Be SÁr¸ ²H¸ ²UB¸ WON² DrOp Oà ²he ²Urr¸² WONÂt Moĸ
Wh¸N th¸ s²aBi¹»Za²»ON sysŸM »s f»Rst ¸NgageDÆ
ÇO, pay attent»On ²O ²H¸ WarN»nG »N yOÁR ²anKºS
-10 TM.
ȸv¸R ReacH across ²H¸ BRe¸ÉH ²O ²URN ON ²H¸ s²aB»¹»Za²»ON ÀOWeR sW»²cH, aND
s²ay ÉÊeaR aNy ²»Me SOM¸BoDy ¸¹s¸ ²URnS »² ONË ÌOU¹¹ s²ay H¸a¹²Hi¸R anD Ê»Äe
¹ONg¸RÆ
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