PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-702
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 702
MAY 2011
42
PS 702
MAY 11
Dear Half-Mast,
I just got to my new duty
station and one of my first jobs
was to take over the storage of
all the different communications/
electronic batteries we use.
I was surprised to see that
the Soldier doing the job before
had removed all the batteries
from their packaging. When I
questioned the wisdom of that,
I was told that removing the
packaging made storage neater,
took up less room, and let you
more easily see the type and
number of batteries you had on
the shelves.
I was always taught that
batteries needed to stay in
their packaging until use. Was I
taught wrong?
SPC J. W.
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if they
are
rechargeable
batteries, the best
thing you can do for
theM is TO charge
them up right away
and then put them
back in their original
packaging for long
term storage. charge
them once a year
from then on.
Communications Batteries…
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Here’s a letter
I received
about
battery
storage…
Specialist
J.W., You
were taught
right!
… and
pass the
word
around
your shop
that Half-
Mast told
you to!
So,
keep ‘em
packaged
and
charged…
non-rechargeable
Batteries should
remain in their
original packaging
while in storage until
ready for use.
While packaging
prevents the outside
from getting in and
doing harm,
it also
prevents inside—
battery leakage–
from getting outside
and putting harmful
chemicals in the air or
on the shelf.
The packaging
prevents loss or
damage from high
humidity or desert
dry conditions.
it also provides
protection
against
physical damage.
this isn’t how
batteries are
s’posed to be
stored!
vacation!
wah-
hooo!!
nachos
and cheese!
Yahhhh!!
we’re
all
going to
cancun!
live from New
YoRk… it’s
saturday night!!
stop steppin’
on my feet!
I’m
flyin’!
we have
partying
batteries and
that
’s what
you notice?
Finally, packaging
helps
identify
batteries by
stock
number, manufacturer,
lot number
and
type.
is there
any cake
left?
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3/28/11
10:30 AM
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