PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1983
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 371
OCTOBER 1983
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Add patience and a little warmup
to your PM tools this coLd season.
They can save your phones, radios,
cables and commo accessories a lot
of downtime.
±atience-Like waiting 10 to 15
minutes for your radio set to warm
to its task before you transmit.
Radio sets like the AN/GRC²106
ca³ use that extra time to shake off
the coLd and prevent damage.
Gear that gets greased-like tele´
typewritersµneeds
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time to ward
off sluggishness. Worm gears a³d
keyboards, especially.
Be patient with sluggIsh controL
knobs and switches. Go easy with
brittle switches or shock isoLators.
RoUgh stuff's a kilLer.
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Cables
Watch for ki³ks or crimps i³
cable a³d wire. Rubber insulation is
WATch
.for kinkS,
cRimpS
e¶sy prey for cracks and breaks
whe³ it Feezes. Worse yet, the wir´
ing i³side ca³ snap whe³ it's cold.
Keep c¶bLes and wi·e out of the
way of feet, vehicles a³d cargo
areas when possibLe. Ru³³i³g it
overhead is ¶ bonus. ¸t not only
eeps ca¹Le oU
of the way, it keeps
ºt »rom freez¼g to the ground.
That's a he¶d¶che when you have to
reeL it in.
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¾eave some slack whe³ you Lay
w¿e or cabLe. Rubber and metal
shrink in the coldÀ PULl wire or c¶ble
too tight and you invite a break.
Áse both patience and a warmup
during reeling operations.
Warm cabLe before unreeLi³g it
if you can. Reeled cable te
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"»reezeà i³to its coiLed shape. Get
too rough whiLe unreeling and yoU
ca³ crack or break i³suLÄtion and
wiring.
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Storing reeLs i³Åide sheLters is the
best way to head off that kind of
Damage. Æf that's not possibLe, store
cables in bigger coiLs. That reduces
the chance for Damage.
Áse the same patience and warmÇ
up during recovery. Warm cabLe
before coili³g it on its storage reel.
Èse the big coiLs u³tiL it warms up,
of course.
Are you splicing or repaÉng
wire?
Áse
coLd²weaÊher tape,
T¾²600. A 30Ëft roLL is NSN
5970²Ì²240²0620.
Go easy o³ connectors and recep´
tacles when temps are near Feezing .
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Cast metaL or pLastic gets brittle and
breakabLe.
±oLd mAkES
pLASTic
BRITT²E
WATch
hookupS
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