PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-677
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 677
APRIL 2009
42
PS 677
APR 09
43
PS 677
APR 09
Dear Half-Mast,
We’ve heard through the grapevine that the non-rechargeable battery
used in the combat survivor evader locator (CSEL) is being recalled, but
not the rechargeable one. I seem to remember that there was a recall on
the rechargeables, too. Am I nuts or right on the money?
SGT I.I.Q.
Dear Sergeant I.I.Q.,
You’re right on the money!
The non-rechargeables are being
recalled and you can read all about
that on the previous pages in this
issue. But there was, at one time, a
recall of the rechargeable batteries,
too.
Those batteries, NSN 6140-01-534-
3856 and NSN 6140-01-512-8757,
made by BREN-TRONICS, Inc, had
a problem with the state-of-charge
indicator (SOCI).
But the recall was not for all the
batteries. The only rechargeable
batteries recalled were those with
NSN 6140-01-534-3856 with serial
numbers between 17895 and 26001
and a date of March 06 through
July 06.
Those batteries are out of the
supply system and should be long
gone from your stock. However, you
may want to check just to make sure.
If you Fnd any, contact the CECOM
LCMC POC, at DSN
992-7859
or (732) 532-7859. Or
email him:
him:
richard.ring
@us.army.mil
He
will help you with
H
e will help you with
disposal.
There is still a non-recall problem
with the SOCI on these rechargeable
batteries. Sometimes the window on
the SOCI fogs. That’s okay as long as
you can still read the indicator. Keep
using those batteries. However, if
you can no longer read the indicator
because of the fog, contact
the POC
and he will help you return those
batteries, too.
AN/PRQ-7 CSEL…
Do You ReCall
the Battery?
Check serial numbers
credit card
offer… another
credit card
offer… Sweep-
stakes… Ah, here’s
a good question
from Sgt I.I.Q.
huh.
.. they’re
recalling the
CSEL’s non-
rechargeables.
..
I recall another recall.
..
but that was about the
RE
chargeables… I know,
I’ll ask Half-Mast!
Part II
we’ve got mail
from all over!
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