PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 375
FEBRUARY 1984
MS Alarm Cleanup
TM
3-6665-225±12
gives you
2
procedures on what to do with the
solution in the M43 detector uNit of your
M8 chemical agent
a
when you shut
down the alarm.
1.
If the alarm's going to be used
witHin
72
hours, you drain the reservo±r
and reinstall it in the M43
dr.
²³
If the Aarm's to be stored, yoU
return it tO your
NBC
room. ²BC
maintenance types drain and rinse the
detector reservoir thoroughly. They fill
it
´/3 fl
with dist³lled water, r´n it Fr
4 minUtes and drain it. Then, they
reµnstall and store the reservoir.
So f¶r, so good?
Maybe. So·e troops ignore the
reservoiR chore, the solution hardens or
crys¸Les, ¹nd thE detecºor
i
d»¹ged.
Most common victim is th¼ p´mp
assembly.
Keep your alarm operating. Drain or
rinse the reservoir, depending on how
long it's going to be shut down.
Whe½ you remote the M43 detecto¾
¿om the M42 alarms of yoUr MÀ
chemical agent
A,
tie oÁ the
telephone w³res.
If someone or sometÂng snags the
wires, slack alone won't be enoUgh to
preVent the wires ¿om PÃg ¿om the
binding posts ÄÄÄ or Åom breaking
binding posts. ÆitÇer way YoU won't
have an alarm system.
So, tie the slack end of the wires to
the D-ring on the side oÈ eacH
µ¶
.
Ä. aboUt
9
Éches from the bÉÊg
Ëosts.
Tie oR loop wiRe
to D·Ring
Tie Ìhe slack end of ÍÎes on the other
FEB 84
63
end to the loop on the side of tÇe
detector. Chapter
3
of ÏM
·¸66¹5º´´5-
12
teÐs yoÑ how.
If a D-ring or looÒ is ·ÓssingÔ looÒ
the ÍÎes thRU the ÕÖrÓng ×racket of tÇe
Øarm or aroUnÙ tHe hÚÛle of tHe
detÜtor. CrosÝ the wirÞs overÔ UnÙer ßÙ
back to tÇe posts.
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