PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-726
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 726
MAY 2013
50
PS 726
MAY 13
PRESTOLITE POWER AND SWITCH
CURRENT Amp
150/POLE 3PST NO
28 VDC 115/200 40/10
400
FREQHz
CONTACTS
OPERATING VOLTS
MAIN CONTACTS VOLTAGE VAC
MFG DATE
JAG-6008
Identify the Faulty Contactor
•
The contactor’s cover is
shaped like a “+.”
•
Look for a brown label
with AMETEK printed
on it. Ametek, Inc.,
manufactured the bad
K1 contactors.
The K1 contactor is
located
in
the
TQG’s
output box. Here’s how
to identify a bad one:
•
In the label’s lower right corner is the MFG DATE (date of manufacture). The
first two digits represent the week; the last two digits represent the year. Look
for MFG DATEs from 40/10 through 13/11. Ametek K1 contactors manufactured
during this time are potentially faulty and should be turned in.
A Free Contactor
1.±
Phone CECOM LCMC’s Brian Sohosky, DSN 648-6989, (443) 395-6989,
or email:
brian.g.sohosky.civ@mail.mil
, or Scottee Welsh, DSN 648-
6950, (443) 395-6950, or email:
scott.m.welsh2.civ@mail.mil
Let them know you have a failed contactor. Give them the following
information:
•
DODAAC
•
unit identification code (UIC)
•
point of contact
•
phone number
•
Transportation Account Code (TAC) funding
•
number of contactors you want shipped to you
2.±
CECOM LCMC will notify the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG),
who is storing replacement contactors. WVNG will ship replacement
contactors to customers who have defective ones.
3.±
Once your unit receives the replacement contactor, you must ship the
failed contactor to Ametek. A prepaid shipping label is included inside
the free issue box with the replacement contactor. You must use the
same shipping box to ship the failed contactor. The return label lists
the following ship-to address:
AMETEK Power Instruments
Manufacturing Manager—Jesus Torres
1701 Industrial Blvd
Hildago, Texas 78557
Phone: 956-843-4070
Fax: 956-843-4534
Cell: 956-605-3017
4.±
CECOM LCMC’s LARs in the field will provide a service
bulletin
containing contactor inspection, removal and installation instructions.
5-, 10-, 15-kW TQG…
Contactor
Free of
Charge
Does your unit
have a 5-, 10- or
15-kW tactical quiet
generator (TQG)?
if it does, the
generator
may
contain a faulty
K1 contactor, NSN
6110-01-36
7
-8921,
that’s liable to
fail.
Once the
contactor fails,
there’s no power
output to the
load terminals…
…even
though the
engine and
generator
still work.
here’s
how to get
a replace-
ment
free
of charge…
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