PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-571
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 571
JUNE 2000
SINCGARS . . .
vate, sounding an alarm. You will have
enough time to shut down the ANCD
in an orderly and secure manner, but
not much more.
To replace batteries, first remove the
battery cover, NSN 5810-01-347-9668,
by loosening the four screws.
First, you will get a low battery indi-
cator message readout: LOW BAT. This
message will be displayed continuously
after a low battery is detected and will
give you enough time, in most cases,
to complete your current operation.
In a
pinch,
a 9-
volt
battery
will do
emergency, a 9-volt lithium or alkaline
can be used, but it will not last as long
as the BA-5123/U’s.
PS 571
JUN 00
oh, no!
my
batteries are
low
!
and we're
out
of
lithium
batteries
! what's
gonna become
of me?
Never substitute look-alike batter-
ies like the BA-5372/U for the BA-
5123/U.
The last guys who did that are
buying new ANCDs to replace the ones
that were destroyed by high heat.
Install Them Right
You can figure on replacing the bat-
teries in a regularly used ANCD about
every 30 days. The ANCD will tell
you when your battery time is up.
here’s not much unit maintenance
required on the SINCGARS’ AN/CYZ-
10 Automated Net Control Device
(ANCD), but there is
some
. For in-
stance, the batteries and battery com-
partment are your responsibility.
And let’s face it, some of you are
not taking that responsibility seriously.
That’s understandable. They’re just bat-
teries. There can’t be much to it, right?
Wrong! There’s a lot to know about
battery maintenance on the ANCD.
Here are a few things to get you mov-
ing down the learning trail.
Use the Right Batteries
The ANCD uses three 3-volt lithium
batteries, BA-5123/U, NSN 6135-01-
351-1131. Nothing on the battery iden-
tifies its BA number or NSN. In an
LOW BAT is your first indicator
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49
Carefully insert a flat-tip screwdriver
under the extension lip and pry up the
battery housing, NSN 5810-01-348-
3147.
When time has almost run out, the
low voltage detector (LVD) will acti-
never fear!
i can
stand in
until you get some
replacements.
Loosen screws
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