PS Magazine - MARCH 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 388
MARCH 1985
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Watch That Pole, Cat!
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The roof of your commo shelter is no
place to prop A cAmouFAge screen sup-
port pole.
The weight of the scrEen And Ple wIL±
cut A neAt rounD hole in the thin
Aluminum skin covering your shelter.
²nough holes outside³And one cAn be
enough´And you'll hAve wµter prob-
lems inside.
¶f you hAve to put A pole on top of
the shelter, put A piece of wooD under
it. MAke sure the piece is FAt And big
enough to distribute the weight of the
pole over A wide AreA. ThAt'll keep your
skin intAct.
·nother skin sAver is to keep ¸et,
cArgo µnd concertinA wire o¹ the roof.
The wire, of course, wiºl poke holes
in the skin. StAcking cArgo on the roof
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Roof not
for storage
or wAºking on it cµn breµk shelter
seAms»
²ither wAy yOu've got Another
moisture problem.
¶f your shelter stAr¼s leAking while
you're iN the ½eld, use one of the qUick
½xes in TB 43¾0124 to seAl it.
When you get bAck to post, hAve your
support give the sHelter A permAnent
repAir job.
MAR 85
WHen is the Air¾conDitioner in your
·¿/GRCÀ142, Á122 not An AirÂ
conDitioner?
When You Ãrget to open Äe receiver
vAlve. The vAºve controls the coolAnt»
MAR 85
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Closed, Åhe vAlve keeps coolAnt
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in
tHe HolDing tÇnk. THAt turns ¼he conDi-
tioner into An expensive Èn, blowing
Hot Air onºy.
Wi¼hoÉt tHe cool Air, your ·¿/
GRCÀ106 rADio set wilº overheAt And
shut Down, leAving your R·TT siºent.
So, beÃre you shÉt tHe sheÊter DoOr,
reµcH Over AnD ÅuË tHe vAlve counter-
clockwise until it's open. ThAt lets you
keep your cool.
Ìf coÉrse, on Any model R· TT
without AirÍcOnditioÎng, you hAve to
mµke sure the exHAust AnD intµke Air
vents Are open. Ìn tHese sets, tHe
vents Are Äe oÏy Direct source of coolÐ
ing Air Ãr yoÉr big ·M rADio.
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