PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 387
FEBRUARY 1985
If your tank's night eye has been idle or stored FOr awhile, be suRe it gets a
checkup beFORe it's fired up.
Corrosion can ±Rm·²Ethe inFraRed FiLteR tUbe asseMbly. When you tuRn
the light on, this corrosion can buRn out the converter asseMbly, FilteR dRive
Motor-oR³ both. Get youR org Maintenance shop to open the ReaR cover and
eyeball the laMp h´using adapteR.
Any white scale FOund inside the
adapteR is the tipµo¶ to a possible
seized¸up I¹ Filter. That light needs
DS attention.
ºF it's clean, yo»R oRg shop keeps it
-tlwoy
giving the adapteR a good
rubdown beFoRe putting it away again.
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It's a good idea to have th¼ adapter
wiped out a½er a night ¾Ring oR other
use when c¿ndeNsation is likely to FOrM.
You can also head oÀF coRRosion by
keeping the stReaM ÁoM a highÂpRessuRe
wateR hose away ÃoM the seaRchlight.
FEB 85
Other Sight Savers
When you sh»t the big light down,
keep the vehicle poweR on until the
blower stops. This coolingÂo¶ period
Ä
keeps the xenon laMp ÃoM exploding.
AnotheR seaRchlight killeR is leaving
the light on while you stop and Restart
the vehicle engineÅ The electrical surge
blows tRansistoRs.
Testing Your PerIscope
..
?
The Motor, contÆol box or light itselF
are the vicÇiMs iF you overÈse. Keep
the Right Èses on hand and Resist the
uRge to use the wrong Èse in a pinch.
Save youRselF by keeping out oF the
back oF the searchlight. There can be
as Many as
30,000
volts Æunning
through the lightÉand you, iF you hit
the Êrong spot.
Also, protect those in Ãont oF youR
searchlight.
l
YouR pubs tell you not to beaM indiË
vid»als closeR than
320
MeteRs. You
should also keep ÃoM hitting other
ÌÌÃiendly'' tanks with the light. Íhat
beaM can Zap the iMage intensÎÏÎer
tubes oF theiR niÐht vÎsion equipMent.
¹eMeMbeR that as you coMe and go
ÏRoM night FiRÎng tÑbles.
Turn Out the Lights
A daytiMe test won't tell you what
shapÒ youR
M32El, 35El
oR
36El
periscope is in .
.. unless yo» keep it
in the dark.
Íhe elbow asseÓbly's iMage intenÔ
siÕeR uses available light to give you the
big picture. When daylight hits the inÖ
tensiÏier, it shu× iØÙelF down to head o¶
daMagÚ. Test then, and you'll thiÛ the
peRiscope Îs bad.
To test duRing the day, you have to
sh»Ç o»t thÎs lÎght.
Üeep it out by closing the ballistic
shield. Test by tÝRning the passive
elbow's sh»tter lever Þßß then Þà
again. That cleaRs the tUbe.
You can keep the shÎeld open and
test iF yo» áoveR the
â
elbow with a
sunlight shield, àSà
1240-00-406-
1581.
This àSà's not in youR pubs yet
FEB 85
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\Ii;±
±:²³
/±fl\
b»t will be added.
ThÎs siMple tesÇ ca
_
n keep you
ÃoM sending a good sight to suppoRt
Maintenance.
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