PS Magazine - MAY 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 390
MAY 1985
M12A1 Decon .±²
Clamps & cLean-Ups
Battery cable clamps, a shot of grease and a clean-up can keep the pump unit
of your ML2AL decon apparatus pumping right along, no sweat. ±iKe so:
±oose battery cab²es can vibrate Frward During operation and be buRed ³y
the mu´erµ To prevent damage, rep²ace the clamps as shoWn in ¶ig 3·4 of T¸
3·¹230·209·12µ Parts are shoWn as Items 1 and 3, ¶ig 5, in your -20P TM.
PresSure
Up?
Para 2-26b(10) of TM 3º4230·209·12
tel²s you that when the pump is »lly
primed you should h¼ve a pressure gage
reading between
6
and 120 PSIµ If you
don't, noti½ your ¾irect Support¿
Crud in the housing will Keep the
pump Àom building up pressure¿ The
pump can't »nction at its bestµ
Hose Reels
The hose reels on your pump unit may or may not have the upper and loWer
grease Áttings shown in ±O 3-¹230Â209º12. If they do, just give the Áttings a
shot oà GÄÅ quarterly.
SoÆe ree²s have no Áttingsµ They don't need grease.
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MAY85
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Dea± Edito²,
The d²ain Line³ in oU± M´µT Uti¶Ity powe² pLant³ ³Lip off th· pip·
tee joining the Line³. Then wate² ²UN³ in³ide the pack.
¸he Line³ ³Lip ove± th¹ te· and a²· cLamp·d; ºhe tee doe³n't have
»Uch to hoLd the Line³¼ And they wo½k Loo³e and co»e oF.
To keep the Line³ On¼ we ±e»¾ve the te· and ³oLde± in 2-in piece³
of 1¿2-in cÀppe± tUbing. We Áa²e the ·nd³ of the tUb· a ÂttLe U³ing
the Áa±inG tooL in tÃe Äo. 1 Co»»on ³hop ³et.
¸hen we pU³h the Line³ on and tighten the cLa»p³. Äo »o²e
³Lip-off'³!
CWZ C.M. Åicha±d³¼
F
BeLvoi²¼
Va
MuST utili³y Packs .
.´
WroNg Exinguisher DAmag±s PA²k
Using Çhe Wrong extinÈ
guisher on your ¸UST
utility power plant cou²d
damage
the
pack
more
than the Áre did.
That's
because
the
chemicals in a dry chemiÈ
cal
fire
extinguisher
damage the electrica² sysÈ
tem and the turbine;
Make
sure
the
extinÈ
guisher with your pack is
a
C¶
3
BÉ
extinguisher,
NSN ¹210·00·555-8837.
That's what's listed on Pg
B-3 of TM 5-6115Ê5Ë·12.
Get a charged replacement cylinder with NSN 4210·Ì·708·0031µ
¶orget the reÍrence to dry chemical extinguishers in Paras 2-13 and 2·1¹ of
the ÎM. That's wrong.
MAY 85
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