PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-721
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 721
DECEMBER 2012
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Say Good Night to Night Vision Problems
Dear Editor,
Here at the Ft Carson DOL, we run into problems with night vision goggles
and sights that are costing units thousands of bucks. But remembering a
few rules can stop that money from going down the drain:
Don’t leave batteries in night
vision
equipment.
Sounds pretty
basic, but each year we lose lots
of sights and goggles because the
batteries weren’t removed when the
equipment was stored. The batteries
leak and that eventually destroys the
sights. Before you turn in your goggles
or sight, remove the batteries. Armorers
should double-check that the batteries
have been removed before they store
the night vision equipment. Armorers
should also make sure the goggles or
sight was given a PMCS and a DA Form
2404 was completed.
Leave the lens caps
and
lens
interference
filter (LIF) on as much as
possible.
The caps protect
the sights and goggles from
the sun and bright lights and
the
LIF
protects
against
lasers, both of which can
ruin the image intensifier. The
intensifier can cost as much
as $2,500. If the caps are
missing, the sight or goggles
are NMC.
Don’t substitute bat-
teries in the night vision
goggles
or
sights.
The
wrong batteries can put out
the
wrong
voltage,
which
could ruin the goggles or
sight’s circuitry. Use only
the batteries specified by the
-10 TM.
Nick Valdez
DOL
Ft Carson, CO
Editor’s note:
I can clearly see these are
good night vision tips. Thanks for sharing.
y
a
w
n!
A
PM
ChuCkie
Brown SpeCial
Night Vison Equipment…
hold on!
I’m not
ready for
storage.
you haven’t
taken out my
batteries!
That was
good.
Reminds me
of THe CHUCKie
Brown specials
I watched as
a kid.
tiME foR
a Nap!
y
a
w
n!
where
is my
lens cap?
are you trying
to
blind
me?
you put
the
wrong
batteries
in me.
now I’m
ruined!
A
PM
ChuCkie
Brown SpeCial
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