PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-672

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 672

NOVEMBER 2008
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-672 - Page 22 of 33
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NOV 08
But batteries get used up and thrown
away and more batteries need to be trucked
in. Piles and piles of dead batteries grow
and the logistics train is tasked to the max.
The only thing that shrinks is your unit’s
pocketbook. That’s why rechargeables are
here and why you need to use them!
Here are the rechargeable battery NSNs;
the NSNs for the chargers needed to recharge
them; the NSNs for the adapters you need on
the chargers; and some NSNs for other stuff
you may need to get the most out of the
batteries:
Rechargeable Batteries
End±IT²m
ExAmpL²
Non-CHA³G²A´L²
EquµvAL²nT
NSN
6140-01-
¶²CHA³G²A´L²
·ATT²³y
BB-2590/U
BB-388A/U
BB-2588/U
BB-326/U
BB-2847A/U
BB-557/U
BB-2557/U
BB-2600A/U
BB-2800/U
BB-2001A/U
490-4316
490-4313
493-7623
533-7674
493-8092
071-5070
490-5387
490-4311
490-5372
534-3856
SINCGARS,
M22
AN/PRC-126,
FBCB2
AN/PRC-126
MELIOS,
AN/PVS-6
TWS,
AN/PAS-13
REMBASS
REMBASS,
RAVEN
HTU
PLGR, CAM
CSEL
BA-5590/5390
BA-5588
BA-5588
BB-516A/U
BA-5347
BA-5557
BA-5557
BA-5600
BA-5800
BA-5301/U
Communication
Batteries…
All Aboard the
Rechargeable
Train!
a quick tip
to identify
batteries…
…the rechargeables start with
bb and the non-rechargeables,
the throwaways, start with ba.
BB-2590/U
BB-326/U NMH
BB-503A Nicad
BB-2847/A Li Ion
BB-2588 Li Ion
BB-388A NMH
BB-2590 Li Ion
BB-390B NMH
BB-2600A Li Ion
BB-2557 Li Ion
BB-2800 Li Ion
[
if we didn’t use
rechargeable
batteries]
we would probably
be broke six months
into the fiscal year.
- Major Jeff
Schilling
rechargeable
batteries have been
called the wave of
the future.
well, the wave of
the future has hit
the beach!
it’s high tide for
rechargeables and
high time you got on
board.
- MSG Half-Mast
M
c
Canick
Let’s face it,
troops:
no power,
no commo,
no combat!
A primary source of
power for communications
equipment is
batteries.
Without them, nobody
talks to anybody about
nothin’.
the BB-2590’s
saved us. There
were many times
when we couldn’t
get aircraft due
to weather for
resupply. With the
extended run time
on the bb-2590’s
versus bb-390, it
saved us.
- ssg John Worthen
javelin
users still
require
bb-390B/U’s.
replace your
bb-390’s with the
bb-2590 for dramatic
runtime improvements
and lighter loads.
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