PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-573
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 573
AUGUST 2000
Wire keeps nut from
falling off terminal
Terminal with
wire ends bent
into U-shape
Terminal with
wire bent at
90
o
angle
Terminal
with wire
Small Generators . . .
Now, cut off about 3 inches of the
wire. Be sure the wire is short enough
to keep the clips from touching an-
other terminal or the generator frame
in the open or closed position. Put the
wire through the hole in the terminal.
Hold the terminal so you can bend
both ends of the wire straight up. Try
to keep the wire in as straight a line as
you can with the terminal body.
To make safety clips on larger gen-
erators, use wire, NSN 9505-00-596-
1662.
No wire available? As a temporary
fix, you can straighten an ordinary pa-
per clip to make the safety clip.
The homemade clip should hold the
nut when you unscrew it to install the
cable.
Bend the ends of each 90
o
angle
down and around into a U-shape.
Next, bend the wire into back-to-
back 90
°
angles. The legs of both angles
should be about
1
/
2
inch long.
ou won’t find ready-made safety clips for the load and ground terminal nuts
on 10-KW and smaller generators in the TM. But you can make your own.
Why should you? Because without the clips, the terminal nuts get lost! That
can let load lines come loose, touch another line and short out the load.
Here’s how to make the clips:
First, pick the wire you need from this chart:
yikes!
my safety clip
is
missing
! what's
gonna
happen
to me?
don't worry,
little guy. your
operator can
make
a
replacement
clip
!
MEP Generator Models
NSN 9505-
002A
003A
015A
016A
017A
018A
021A
022A
023A
025A
026A
112A
00-804-3814
G
G
L-G
L-G
L-G
G
G
.042 inch
01-049-0144
LL
L
LLLL
.050 inch
00-596-1668
L-G
G
L-G
G
.051 inch
L=Load Terminal
G=Ground Terminal
Wire
NSN 9505-
49
AUG 00
PS 573
48
AUG 00
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