PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-460
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 460
MARCH 1991
HAWK, Patriot MIssIle Systems .
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Give Circuit Cards Good PM Deal
C
ircuIt cards are the brAin cells for
HA WK
And PATr±Ot m±ssILe sysTems.
A
dAmAged c±rcu±t card cAN
b
HArd ²O
tROublesHOOt ANd cAuse b±g bucks ±N
repAirs³ MA±NtAIners cAN gIve cIrcu±T
cards A gOOd deAL w±TH THese ´O±NTs:
CIµcu±t cards need lOTs Of cleAn, cOOL
AIr¶ ·the¸wIse, THey OverheAt And stO´
wOrk±ng¹ ChANge the vAN FºLters AT LeAsT
As OfteN As the »MCS schedules sAy-
mOre O¼ten In THe heAt ANd dIr² Of THe
deseRt½ MAke sure cµews dOn'T bLOck
A±µ ±ntAke Or exhAust venTs¹ ¾¼ THe vAn
¿ns becOme nOIsyÀ ±Ns´ect THemÁ ÂHey
mAy need ²O
b
cleAned Or re´LAced¹
Change v±n filtErs oFEn
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ChecK THAT yOu HAve THe r±gHT c±rcu±t
cAµd for THe slOt½ ÃHenÀ gently ±Nse¸t
THe c±rcuIT cAµd ±N ±Ts sLOtÄ Åf yOu Force
THe card ±ntO tHe slOtÀ yOu cAN dAmAge
THe card And THe RacK³ ÃHAT meANs bIg
bucKsÆ Åf A new card wONÇT sl±de InÀ
REÈs±T±On ±T And Éy AgAIn½
Åf
THAt
dÊsnËt dO the tµ±ckÌ Éy AnOTHer cardÍ
GenTLy ²n³R ca´d with ext´µtor
ÃAg bAd cards ANd dONβ LeAve them
lyIng arOundÏ ÃuÐ THem ±N As sOOÑ As
´OssIbLe¹ ż A bAd cArd geTs mIxed ±N
w±th The gOÒ OnesÓ IT cAn cAuse TrOuÔ
bLesHOOtIng NIghTmares.
MaR 91
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