PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-695
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 695
OCTOBER 2010
59
PS 695
OCT 10
I
t’s a hard-boiled fact—the Army must either repair or replace deteriorating or
failing equipment to maintain readiness.
But sometimes the choice to repair equipment may not be economically smart.
To avoid wasteful repairs, the Army sets maintenance expenditure limits (MELs) on
equipment.
A MEL is the maximum dollar amount that can be spent on a one-time repair to
return that major item of equipment to its mission capable status.
The MEL is a percentage of the current unit replacement cost for the equipment.
The total cost for repair can’t exceed the value of the repaired item when it’s compared
to a like item or equivalent new item.
Note:
Although many types of equipment have MELs, you’ll Fnd a list of
exceptions in Chap 4-6 of AR 750-1,
Army Materiel Maintenance Policy.
To help you get a handle on MELs, we’re sharing a list of the most commonly
asked questions.
FAQs You’ve Asked
In the TB for that item or piece of equipment.
If you know the TB number, enter it in the
ETMs Online section of LIW and review or
download the TB.
If you don’t know the TB number, enter
“maintenance expenditure limit” in the ETMs
Online title search block and scroll down the
results list to Fnd the TB. If there is no TB listed
for that item, contact the life cycle management
command (LCMC) POC for that NSN.
±irst, Fnd the LIN by cross-referencing that
NSN in LIW. Under Queries and Reports,
choose Catalog and SB 700-20 Search, or
under SSN Reports choose MEL Planning
Information. A third source for this information
is FED LOG. Choose Folders, Army, SSNS
and mel.txt. Review the list carefully, because
there can be more than one NSN associated
with a LIN.
Look in FED LOG under Folders.
Choose Army in the dropdown box and SSNS
for the MEL report.
You can also get the MEL report in the
Logistics Support Activity’s (LOGSA)
Logistics Information Warehouse (LIW):
Look under Queries and Reports, Catalog,
then select SSN Reports and MEL Planning
Information.
Maintenance Management…
Digesting MEL
Mysteries
Where
do I find
the MEL
percent-
age?
How do
I find
the MEL
for an
NSN?
Where
can I
find
the MEL
report?
answers
coming up!
CONNiE!
ORDERS
UP!
WHO ASKED
ABOUT MEL? WHO
ASKED ABOUT
FiNDiNG THE MEL
REPORT?
hey, over
here!
THAT’S
MY
QUESTiON!
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