PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-420
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 420
NOVEMBER 1987
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Refueling Aircraft ±²±
A KI±±er ²s ³urkIng
WE JUST GOT LN
³NV³T´T³ON TO JO³N
µHE P¶·µ'!
One small spark can tuR your aircraf reFeliNg operation into a big bang.
SMall sparks can come ±om your ²ailure to keep static electriciT under control.
³his is the same KiNd o² electriciT you've ´lt-and even seen in the darkµ
when you waL¶ across a carpet and touch somethIng that's grounded, li¶e a l·ght
switch¸
Static electriciT also comes ±om ±iction o² Fel ¹owing
t
a hose¸ As the
static charge builds, it strains to jump across any gap separatiNg it ±om other parts
o² the reFeliNg setUp.
You can't prevent static, but you can prevent it ±om arcing and sparking.
So don't give it a chance¸ ºake sure you ground the reFeling vehicle, the
aircraf and bond the reFeling nozzle to the aircraf BE»O¼E you stick the nozzle
into the bird's Fel
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½ler hole.
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NOV 87
Here's the long and short o² it:
Ground the refueling vehicle by
aTaching the ground rod clip to tHe
nearest ground rod.
and the otHer end to a bare metal
paR of tHe airc±ft, such as tHe axle
or some otHer unpainted metal PaR²
Next, bond tHe refueling nozle to
_HE airC±F² Do tHis
B¸Fo¹¸
you ke
tHe dust Cap o³ tHe ´ozle a´µ tHe
caP o³ tHe fill poR² If tHe birµ hAs
a rEceivEr for tHe bo´µ plu¶, Use it²
If ´ot, CLamp tHe alli¶ator Clip to a·y
bare metaL PaR o¸ tHE ai¹Craft²
Don't ever leave tHe nozle un-
aTenµed during refuelin¶º
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