PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-550

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 550

SEPTEMBER 1998

PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-550 - Page 33 of 54
PatrioT MissIle SysTem .
..
IPp 1±²³´µ¶·¸
!
ere's a big-and dangerouS±²lIfFeRence bEtween the PaTrioT³S eleC´µi¶ power
·Lant (¸PP) ¹l ANd The ¸PP º»¼.
½he ¸PP »¼ can Be sa¾ely opeRaTed w¿Th one or BoTh of ¿TS Two genera´orSÀ ÁoT
So wÂTh ´he ¸PP »¼»Ã »TS Two geneµaTorS are wÂred TogeTheR ´hµough The ·ower
diS´riBuTion uniT (PDU)Ä
»f the ¸PP »l» iS tuÅed on wÂTh one
genera´oÆ miSSing, ·oweÇ remainS a´
´he TeÈmÂnals ¾Or caBleS ÉlÊ É2Ë and
É3Ã »F one oF The ¶aBÌeS iS hooked u·
and
lef
lying on ´he meTal walkwayÍ a
SoldÂer STep·Âng on The waÌkway would
be eleCTRζutedÏ Ðyone touching a ÌÂve
´erminaÑ wouLd alSo be elecTrocÒ´edÓ
ÁeveÔ Õ´e Öhe ¸PP
iL
unleSS BoTh
genera´oµS are in ·laCe× ØefÎRe Ùing
on The ¸PP
I±,
look ´o See Öha´ none of
i´S elecTÇ¿cal connecTorS aµE expÎSEdÃ
p±550
BOT
gEnErators
must b
m²UNtEd!
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