PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-550
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 550
SEPTEMBER 1998
M8A 1 Chemical Alarm
•.±
Testi±g B²tEr LIfe
'
e BA-3517/ battery check foR the M43A1 chemical deTECtOr pretty much
ends with pushIng the BA±²³´Y µ³S¶ buttOn. ·F the ba¸tery regi¹teºs at lea¹t
24
vOlts, it's gOOd tO gO. »ut that d¼sn½t tell yOu hOw lOng the batte¾¿ wilL lastÀ inÁO
that cOuld  quite cÃitical On the battleÄieldÅ
Use this test and tÆble tO gauge batteºy liÄe:
HOOk up the batteÇy tO the M43Al Ænd let the DetectOÈ
Éun Ê0 minutes tO stabËlize the batteÈ¿Ì Push the BA±²Í´Y
¶ÎSÏ buttOn and nOte the vOltageÐ
ÑÄ ÒtÓs 24 Or abOveÔ estimate the tempeºatuºÕ yOu½ll bÕ
OÖ¾ating inÐ ´Ound the tempeºatuºÕ O× tO the nearEst
±0°
(examplesØ
79
bÙcOmes
80, 69
becOmes
6).
µhen check
this chaÇt
foR
VOltage and temÖrature tO see hOw mÆn¿
hOurÚ OÁ liÁe the batteRy has leÄtØ
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O
l
t
g
e
36
27-49
34
21-±4
32
1537
30
²32
28
4³27
26
DO nOt
use
2±
DO nOt
usE
ÛÄ less thaN ÄiVe
hÜuºs aºe leÄt,
check the bÝtteºy
eÞeRy twO hOuºsÅ
Ûn cÉÒtical situatiOns,
use a sTrOngeº batteryÅ
ÛÄ the tempÙºaturÕ iÚ
beßOw
±0²,
use the
BBà50á/ batteÈyâ
Ût's bette¾ in the
COld thã ¸he BAä
3517/å
æçèèé
´±-78
48-7µ
³
36³´9
1¶47
·20
D¸ nOt
usE
H¸uRs ¸F LI¹e ºe¹T »T:
8¼½10
123³½4´
6²91
1½6-½38
67-90
101-124
´578
6²92
½¾7
1¶39
0¿20
À21
DÁ nOÂ
use
À11
203-226
22À243
173-19´
½92³21´
Ã34-1´6
½3¼Ä61
86-108
84-107
26Å8
34-´6
4-26
11-33
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