PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-550

PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-550 - Page 33 of 54

PatrioT MissIle SysTem .

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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 eleCTRÎ¶utedÏ Ðyone touching a ÌÂve

´erminaÑ wouLd alSo be elecTrocÒ´edÓ

ÁeveÔ Õ´e Öhe ¸PP

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

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gEnErators

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