PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-608
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 608
JULY 2003
Fog Oil Strainers
Clean them at least weekly when
you're smoking. Fog oil is often dirty
and clogs the strainers quicker than
other fuels clog filters. Clogged strain-
ers make it difficult for the generators
to draw fog oil and the generators can
overheat. Rinsing the strainers in diesel
fuel is an easy way to clean them.
Wedge Blocks
Make sure each generator has two
wedge blocks installed. The blocks are
often missed when the generators are
reinstalled. Without the blocks, the gen-
erators bounce around during travel and
all sorts of components are damaged.
with PM
JULY 03
50
PS 608
51
M157 Smoke Generator…
Fired Up
Air Release Valve
Hit the valve at the end of every smoking mission and
hold it in until all the air is out of the system. Otherwise,
condensation forms in the air lines, corrosion sets in, and
soon the air lines start to leak.
Hoses
The air and fog oil hoses are virtually the same size
and it's easy to confuse them. If the air tank won't build
up pressure, make sure you have the tank hooked up to
the air hose.
Your M15
7
smoke generator
will smoke like a
thousand chimneys
if you keep it
fired up with
this PM.
Press valve until all
air is out of system
Clean strainers
with diesel fuel
Two wedge blocks for each
generator installed?
good pm, my
boy, will someday
put
you
on the
smoking wall of
fame, too!
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