PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-669
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 669
AUGUST 2008
46
PS 669
AUG 08
47
PS 669
AUG 08
I
f CBRN specialists let their M41 PATS (protection assessment test system) go year
after year without calibration, your PATS will start flunking perfectly good masks.
That’s not PATS’ fault, it’s
your
fault.
PATS needs to be sent off to TMDE for
calibration every 18 months. TMDE completely
disassembles PATS, cleans it, checks out all
components and accessories and repairs them
if necessary, and re-calibrates it. When they’re
Fnished, PATS is as good as new.
It’s easy to tell if your PATS is ready
for a trip to TMDE. Look at its calibration
sticker. It gives the due date for the next
calibration. If it’s missing a sticker, your
TMDE should have a record of when
the PATS was last calibrated.
Dear Editor,
Through years of keeping the M157 smoke generators running for the
Chemical School at Ft Leonard Wood, I’ve come up with a couple of
troubleshooting tips:
•
If the fog oil pump won’t come on during
the start procedure, make your first check
the two FOG OIL circuit breakers in the
control panel. If either one has tripped,
the pump won’t come on.
•
If the circuit breaker kicks off when you
turn on the main power and go to pre-
heat, you’ve got either the glow plug or
the band heater shorted to ground. Get
out your multimeter and check.
Bobby Miller
Fleet Management Maintenance Support
Ft Leonard Wood, MO
Editor’s note:
Good troubleshooting tips that will
help other smokers out there. Thanks
!
NSN 5940-01
Batteries
Adapter
J-6581/U
J-6583/U
J-6584/U
J-6585/U
J-6586/U
J-6520A/U
BB-390, BB-2590
BB-390, BB-2590, BB-2800, BB-2847, BB-2001A/U, CSEL
BB-557, BB-2557, BB-2600
BB-390, BB-2590, BB-2800, BB-2847, Falcon AN/PRC-152
BB-390, BB-2590, BB-2800, BB-2847, MBITR AN/PRC-148
BB-326, BB-388, BB-390, BB-516A, BB-2588, BB-2590,
BB-2800, BB-2847, MBITR, AN/PRC-148
494-7116
494-7118
494-7120
494-3002
494-4134
493-8744
Upgraded
Commo
Batteries…
Vehicle-Mounted Charger
Gets
Upgraded
M41 PATS…
No Calibration
Means
No ACCuraCy
M157 Smoke Generator…
Trouble-free Troubleshooting
Fog oil pump won’t come on?
Check FOG OIL circuit breakers
Check
sticker
for next
calibration
due date
vehicle-
mounted
charger,
pp-8481b/u,
nsn 6130-01-
52
7
-2
7
26,
has gotten
a software
upgrade to
revision a or
greater.
download the software from c-e lcmc’s
website:
cecom/lrc/lrchq/power/rechargebat.html
here are the
adapters you’ll
need to fit the
batteries into
the charger…
with the adapters,
you can now
charge up to eight
batteries at once
with two of the
adapters installed!
with this new
software and the
right adapters,
multi-charging
does not need any
special setup.
the charger will
automatically
identify
batteries that
can be multi-
charged.
PP-8481B/UVehicle Mounted Charger (VMC)
J-6583/U
Adapter
J-6585/U
Adapter
J-6586/U
Adapter
J-6584/U
Adapter
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