PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 406
SEPTEMBER 1986
Nickel-Cadmium Bateries .±
Careless batTeRy mAinTenANce ResuLTs
in
m
aviaTIoN mishaps eAch yeAr.
F'±sT²ce,
³apP baTTeRy va´Rs
caUse coRrosion, which c² Lead baTTEry
cURRenT° To gRoUNd and shoRT ciRcUiT THe
sysTeM. µ batTe¶ f·e
c
ResULT.
¸eRe's how To ¹ake sURe a biRD's noT
groUnded-oR
woRseºdUe
To
batTery
»aiLURe.
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Ce
anD
t
¿cKeLÀ
baTTeRies weeÁy oR 25 ÂIghT houRs,
whiÃHeveR comes ÄrsTÅ like iT sAys In
ÆabLE 4Ç1 oÈ
T
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Îo youR cHecÏ in accoRdA½ce wiÐ
Æable ÌÇÉ anD cLÑing insTRUcÒons as
in ÓAra ÌÊ6. Ólay iT saÔ-aLways weAr
ÕbBR GLoves, apRon anD Öce shIelD
when woRking wiTH baTTeries×
ØÈ yoU Änd lOse ÄLLeR caps, TigHTeN
THem caReÙLLy wiTh venT plUg wRencH,
ÚSÛ
5É20ÊÜÊ087Ê2969.
ÚeveR
Use
plieRs. ÆHey
±
cRacÝ oR bReak plasTic
caÞsß
àse ToRqUe wReNch, ÚSÚ 5É2ËáÜâ
ãã7Ê4832,
aNd
The
RighT
adapTeR
To
TighTeN lOse TEä scRews.
PA
4ÇÉ3c
oÈ The
T
lisTs The ReQUå ToRqUe basæ
oN The size oÈ TeRmiNal scRewsÍ
çe caReèl wheN Tigég TeRmiêal
scRews aNd sTUds. YoU
c
hURT yoURselÈ
aNd yoUR eqUipmeNT
i
a wReNch accideNë
Tally caUses a sho·T cìcUiT.
íyebalL îhe Tops oÈ cells ïR cRacks
aNd TellÊðle sigNs oÈ elecTRolyTe leñkage.
íxcess eLec³olyTe ò a celL may sów oUT
The veNT and ïô a whiTe ResidUe, which
íõecTRolyTe sówed oUT oÈ aN oVeRö
÷øæ oR cRackæ celõ
c
shoùÇciRcúiT The
baîTeRy aNd caUse gassiNg aNd oveRÇ
heaîiNg.
û
ØÈ yoU fnd oR súspücT leakage ïR aNy
ReasoN
oTheR ThaN
loose
ýþeR
caps,
Remove The baTTeRy aNd havÿ µ ĀØā
check iT oUTĂ
NEvEr
add aNyThiNgăwaTeR oR eleĄą
TRolyTe-îo
The
baTTeRy
cells×
ĆhaT's
µĀć's job×
ĀeNT liNes NeEd caRe, TooĈ Æĉey veNĊ
TilaTe The baîîeRy compaRîmeNî dURċNg
ČighT× čiscoNNeĎT The veNT hoses aT Tĉe
baTTeRy eNd ²d Use lowďpRessURe aċR
(No moRe ThaN 5
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clogs venTs×
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