PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 395
OCTOBER 1985
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Generator Sets ±²³
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Keep ice a
n
d snow of the battery,
engine anD away Fom the ±el tank anD
²lleR cap. Be suRe batteRY cap vent holes
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p
aRe not pluggeD³
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tI
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StoRe bulk oil anD lube insiDe to
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Make theM easieR to pouR´ Lube accoRD-
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Ing to the
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anD the teMpeRatuRe Range
you'Re in´
+
µove the aiR ²lter's intake shUt¶
teR to W·NTE¸ when teMps Dip below
Feezing ´
¹
That ºets warM aiR FoM the
Mani»lD keep the carbuRetoR Fom
Feezing up.
M¹vE
ºhuTTER
T¹
»
PReheat the rest o¼ the set accoRD¶
ing to Tµ DiRections´
50
¼C½ 85
¸
Keep the ±eº tank ½¾ºº to HeaD o½¼
conDensation that can Feeze in the ¿eº
ºine´
¸
Àse the Right ±eº icing inhibitoR´
Gas uses tecHnicaº Methanol; Dieseº ¿eº
takes ¿eº systeM icing inhibitoR´ The
Ratio »R both is 1 pint peR 40 galºons
O¼ ¿el³ ·nhibitoR coMes in 5Ágaº cans,
NSN 6850-00-753Á506Â anD 55Ãgaº
DRuMs,
NSN 6850Á00Ä060-5312´
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WaRM your set be»Re you put it
µethanoº is NSN 6810ÁÅÃ597Æ3608 »R
into opeRation´ ¸un itÇat rated speeDÇ
!
gaºlon anD NSN 68Â0Á00Ã2È5ÄÉ0Â0
untʺ Êt hÊts opeRatÊng temperatuRe. No
»R 5 gallons´
idlingË tho³
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Keep batteRies ±lly chaRgeD´
+
Check your sets FequentlY »R
WateR aDDeD to a batteRy wiºº Feeze i¼
unUsÌal noÊses oR gage readings.
tHe batteRy isn't chargeD »R at ºeast an
+
¸eaD Your Tµ's »R aDDÊtÊonal
houR´
colD weatheR Ên»rMation³
¼C½ 85
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