PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-608
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 608
JULY 2003
PS 608
JULY 03
43
If you let the power cable hang in the
doorway like a bat in a cave, the door
can damage the power cable and knock
out the ECU. If you route it through the
shelter’s lifting eyes, the lifting hooks
can crush the cable while moving or lift-
ing the shelter.
No power cable means you lose cool
air, and the radios and other electronic
components inside the shelter that con-
trol flight operations overheat and burn
out. Then you won’t be communicating
or coordinating with aircraft in the air or
on the ground.
If you’re tempted to run any power
cable on the ground, forget it. That
leaves the ECU power cable vulnerable.
Foot and vehicle traffic can crush the
cable or rip the cable loose from the con-
nectors. It causes a tripping hazard, too.
Elevate and mark all cables with white cloth or tape to avoid damage.
JULY 03
42
Air Traffic Control…
Keep Cool,
and Your
Avionics,
Too
The AN/TSC-61B operates best when you and the
electronic communications equipment inside the shelter
stay cool.
A good rule of thumb to keep cool and protect your-
self and the ECU power cable is to secure it only across
the doorway. Use loop clamps, NSN 5340-00-891-3412,
to support the cable. And don’t route the cable through
the lifting eyes, either.
Air traffic control
operators, when you
set up your flight
coordination central,
AN/TSC-61B, keep
the environmental
control unit’s power
cable out of
harm’s way.
Attach cable
with loop clamp
Don’t
let
cable hang
Don’t
route through
or over lifting eyes
make
sure he
uses loop
clamps!
yeah!
don’t let
the ecu
cable
hang!
I
know
it’s hot…
I’m about
to hook
you up!
hurry!
my
communication
components
are gettin’
hot!
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