PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1984

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 375

FEBRUARY 1984
PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1984 - Page 4 of 37
Never let up on PM, and your
Dragon LET (Launch Efects Trainer)
won't let you down.
Here're some ways to keep scoring:
When you±re through using your
LE²'s monitoring set, be sure the
bA³es are in the lower thiRd oF the
yellow or higher. In short, store them
with some kind oF charge on them.
´F you have to charge the batteries
duriµg use,
discharge them·d¸p into the
yellow .
.. and then bring them up to ¹lº
charge.
Check battery
chaRge befoRe
stoRing
That prevents the batte»ies ¼om
building a memory ½ctor. .
. taking
a
sur½ce charge onºy. These batteries
won±t operate as long as they should.
2
FEB 8
,±
E¾ci¿ncy dro
p
s, and the battery's ÀiFe
is shortened.
ÁÂer storage, check the meter to see
iF the baÃÄeries are discÅargedÆ Charge
tÇem up Èr the Éission.
DESI±±ANT BluES
Blue is tÊe coÀor you want to see on
the monitor's desiccant indicator wÇen
you puË your beÈre-operation PMCS.
It means your desiccant's working to
prevent moisture dÌage inside the case.
;'±²1
IF the indi ator is
Í
white or pink,
.²
"
•
replace tÇe desÎccant ÏtÇ NSN
6850-±-
³
1
935²9795.
White or pink means the
desiccant's sopped up
al
the moisture
it can, and new moisture iÐ going to
corrode internal parÄs.
BeÈre you store the LEÑ be sure the
tÇumbscrews on the Èrward end are
te AL
the way Ò. ²hat protÓÄs tÇem
¼oÔ being mashed and beÕt.
²URn
thUmb scRews
aLL the
way ³n
FEB ´
3
´OµOSION ¶xP·OSION
Dry-celÀ battery Àeaks and caKed
carbon cÖn make more problems FOr
you and your ×E² than youØll want to
handle.
²wo things you can do to head of
problems:
¸emove the 16 dry-ceLL batter³es
bef¹Re yoU stoRe yoUr º»²
CaKed carbon in the breecÇ aÙsembly
and on the dummy Àoad wilÀ jam the
breech assembly and make extra work.
Carbon's a lot easier to get of when it's
¼esh.
Corroding dryÚceÀÀ batteries can not
only destroy the battery coÔpartment,
they can
destroy
the
LEÛ
It
has
happened over and over again. It'll
happen to you .
.. iF you don't remove the
batteries.
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