PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-563
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 563
OCTOBER 1999
PS 563
48
OCT 99
TB 43-0135,
Environmentally Safe Substances for Use with
Communications-Electronics Equipment,
is a must
pub on your commo gear maintenance shelf.
A list of environmentally safe solvents
available in the supply system.
A list of chemical and cleaning sol-
vents no longer approved for use be-
cause they harm the atmosphere.
Descriptions and characteristics of ap-
proved solvents.
Guidelines for cleaning commo gear.
Cleaning solvent and protective equip-
ment WARNING statements.
If you didn’t get TB 43-0135 during
initial distribution, ask your pubs clerk
to order it. Or read it on the Internet at:
The BA-5800/Us must be disposed of as hazardous waste. The BA-5590/Us
can be disposed of as non-hazardous waste only after you have completely
discharged them using the complete discharge device (CDD). If you cannot
completely discharge them, they must be disposed of as hazardous waste.
The BA-5800/Us must be disposed of as hazardous waste because the
Crompton Eternacell battery does not have a CDD and the CDD on the Ballard
battery
should never be used
!
Using it could cause the battery
to
violently
vent or rupture.
You can find the deadlining info
on the BA-5590/Us in CECOM
Safety-of-Use-Message (SOUM) 97-017. The Ballard BA-5800/U info is in
CECOM SOUM 98-001. The Crompton Eternacell BA-5800/U info is in
CECOM Ground Precautionary Message 96-011.
Dry-cell Batteries . . .
NEVER
activate CDD on Ballard
batteries with contract number:
are
you
lookin' for
trouble
?
we
'
ll
give you
all you can
handle
!
Safe Stuff for Commo Cleaning
Here’s a
sample of what’s
inside the pub.
..
here are a few rotten
apples in the Army’s
battery barrel. And
using them could give
you more than a tummy
ache. Defects in the
batteries could cause
them to
violently
vent
or rupture during
operation.
If you have any of
these batteries, get
rid of them:
Battery
Contract Number
Manufacturer
NSN 6135-
BA-5800/U
DAAB07-90-C-C024
Ballard
99-760-9742
BA-5800/U
DAAB07-91-C-R014
Crompton
99-760-9742
Eternacell
BA-5590/U
DAAB07-88-C-C045
SAFT
01-036-3495
BA-5590/U
DAAB07-90-C-C020
SAFT
01-036-3495
BA-5590/U
DAAB07-90-C-C020
SAFT
01-435-3097
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