PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-435
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 435
FEBRUARY 1989
Cable and Wire .±.
out or hung up at the mercy of every-
thing that comes theIr way.
Only you can protect the cable and
wire Fom their enemies±such as
combat boots, truck tires, tank tRacks,
cAMouflage
paint
and
careLess
operators who put connectors in water
puddles.
Bef²re you lay the cable on the
gRound, be sure the cable will not bE
iN the path of vehicles. ³f the cable
must cross a tra´ic route, bury it, put
logs beside it or run it overhead, using
methods described iN
F
24µ20 (Dec
85),
¶ield Wire and ¶ield CabLe
Techniques.
Avoid kinks .±.
Straighten cable
³f there's a kink or twist in the cable,
straighten the cable or you
'11
wind up
with binds when it's stretched. This
wi·L break ins¸de wiring.
¹ye your cable f²r cracks or cuts. ³f
there are only a fºw cracks or
»
the cuts
are small¼ wrap the cable with electRi½
cal tape, ¾S¾
5970-00±685±9059.
³¿
there are many cracks or the cuts are
deep and expose the wire, replace the
cable.
When it's time to paint your vehicle,
take out those cables or mask Àem so
they won't get painted. Paint ruins the
rubber insulation.
When you hook up a cable to elec½
tronic gear, such as an ÁÂ/GÃCÄ142
radio teletypewriter set, make sure the
equipment is grounded.
¹lectrical
spikes will damage connectors.
44
fEB 89
ConNectors Count² Too
Use care when you put a conNector
and receptacle together. ¶orcing them
MatcH up
key wITH
keyway
will bend or break piNs. ÅIne up keys
and keyways beÆre sliding the connec½
tor into the receptacLe.
0-rIng
cracked,
missinG?
RePLace it
Çake sÈre an ÉÊriNg is In a connec½
tor. Ëf the ÉÌring is cracked or missing,
get it replaced. WIthout an ÉÌRing,
moisture will get inside the coNnector
aNd shoRt out yoÈr commo eQuipmeNt.
ÍeveR tug oN a cabÎe to test tHe tight-
Ness o¿ a coNNector. YoÈ wILÎ teaR out
tHe wIRINg. Ïo youR test by gRIppINg
the coNNector and tÈÐIng ÑHe ÎockINg
device.
Ëf a coNnecÑor Is IN a haRdÌtoÄgetÄat
place, sucH as oN tHe Òase o¿ aN ÇXÓ
6707 aNÑeNna matcHINg uNIt oR IN tHe
²EB 89
CoNnecTo² Hard
tO Get aT? ³´³
µake TImE
liNinG IT up
rear of an Á¾/ÔGCÄ7Õ teletypewriter,
take time to hook up or unhook. OtherÖ
wise, yoÈ'LL get×rØken pins or cracked
receptacLe iNserts.
DrIp Loop in wire
saveS cOmmo gear
Put a drip Îoop In your outside cabÎe.
This sag wiLl keep wateR out o¿ a con½
nector and your equIpmeNt.
YOu³R´ coMING
µL¶A· ¸S ¹
º»¼½ N¾w¿
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