PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-538

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 538

SEPTEMBER 1997
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-538 - Page 37 of 51
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W
hat do you Do if you need immediaTe
power for your mobIle sUbscRiber eq±ip-
meNT
(MSE),
buT your Tra²LeR³mo±nTed
geNera´or Is Down FOr servIce or beIng prepared for s´ar´up?
A´ ´imes µIke These I´'s
OK
¶o ·empora¸¹µy power yo±r
MSe
eQ±ipment wº»h
yo±r
HMMWV.
Jus´ Don¼t do ²t ½or more Than
45
min±´es aT a streTcH or you'll
risk b±rNIng o±´ ´He truck¼s voµtage regu¾a´or.
If
the voµtage reg±la´or goes ouT, yo±¼µL Have no cHaRging sys´em ¿Or ´He
HMMWV±
Àhen, your eQuIpmenT wIll s´ÁR´ DrawºNg power From tHe SheµterÂs
back±p ba´´erieSÃ ÀHoSe baÄTer²es proviDe oÅly abo±T
10
min±tes of powerÆ´Hen
yo±r eq±ipmen´ crasHes anD yo± µose programmable Da´aÇ
ÈememberÉ uÊe ´He
HMMWV
fËr No more ThaN
±5
mINu´es to power yoUr
eq±Ipmen´Ì ÀHa´ sHouLD be eNo±gh ´ime fÍr a crew ´o peRform bas²c Se¸v²ceS oN
The ´raiµerÎmoun´ed genera´or or ´o prepa¸e i´ FOr sta¸´upÏ
G²n²raoRs ³´µ
Maintenance by Monitoring
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Dear Editor,
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Generators need to be monitored when they're
2´µ
being used so that you can note deviations from
normal readings and anticipate equipment
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faiLure. To help monitor generators± I made a
reading sheet to keep a running histoR of
each generator's performance. It Works!
ᦦ
SFC Steven
D.
McGu²ey
309th Trans
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beSt. U²e you± ±eadINg ²heet to ²uppLement DA Form
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Wo±kSheetµ MoN¶to±Ing wI·¸ aLSo he¹p ±eduºe a common
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cause of generator faIlure »¼» running out of fuel!
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