PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1983
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 371
OCTOBER 1983
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Hot commo and cold batteries
won't compute. They do add up,
tho-to trouble.
KeepiNg your dry±ceLL±usiNg gear
communicating during coLd weather
means keepiNg them supplied with
battery power.
UncLe Sam gives you a hand with
some gear. He gives them a more
cold±resistant battery wheN temps
PRIMARY
BATTERY
USING
EQUIPMENT
Another big boost for your cold²
weather commuNicating is
the
lithium
battery
for
your
A³/PRC´77 radio set. It's a
BA±5598, ³S³ 6135´01±034±2239.
It replaces the old cold±weather
replacement for your bacµ pacµ
radio, the BA±398.
drop ¶eLOw freezing. A good exam²
pLe is the BA±3030, which repLaces
the "fLashLight· BA´30 battery.
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»¼ERY ½PE NO¾
(FOR TROPICAL
¿ TEMPEÀTE
ZONÁ)
BATTERY TYPE
:
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AÃCTIC ZONE)
íive eveN cold´weather batteries
a hand. First, keep îem stored at
temps between 35´70°F. They lose
some zip if the temps go above that.
Then, warm up only as maNy
spares as you thiNk you'll need.
Keep the rest stored.
Protect all dry ïells, of course.
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Keep îem iN your clothiNg, a vehicle
j
or commo shelter when possibleð
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Anywhere out of the cold and wiNd
ñ
chiLl. A wind break is better than
out iN the open and next to your
body is best of all.
òoisture off óhen you see it or it'lL
turn to ice in the cold.
ôiõö÷lø,
Ä
yùúû üýes þèVÿ
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Carry as many extras as you caN.
Then you caN switch when the ones
iN your gear lose zip. Batteries Ārom
your gear go iN your clothing to
warm up. They should regain
enough punch to do tāe job Later.
·
mate with plastic piĂs tă do their
job, be careful when iNstalliNg Ąąemð
If your gear won't be on LiNe for
awhile, don't install batteries. Keep
îem warm as LoĆg as you canćĈut
not above 80 °F făr exteNded
periods.
ĉf you warm batteries iN a heèted
Ċċlace, watch for sweating. Čipe
±7
Pins get brittle, and cèN breaµ if
handled too roughly.
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