PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-739

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 739

JUNE 2014
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-739 - Page 23 of 33
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PS 739
JUN 14
Generator
Solutions
Right
Here!
Get New Insulation
The old insulation breaks off and gets sucked into the air cleaner. That cuts off the
generator’s airFow. Since 2011, new BIDS have insulation with a special coating that
won’t come apart.
If
your
BIDS
doesn’t
have the new insulation, see
maintenance advisory message
(MAM)
JPM-BD
11-01,
which explains how to get a
replacement set. One free set of
insulation may be available per
system. Additional sets have to
be purchased directly from the
manufacturer. Units install the
insulation.
Instructions
come
with the insulation.
±or help getting the insulation or MAM, contact George Barnes at DSN 786-1387,
(586) 282-1387, or email:
george.l.barnes.civ@mail.mil
Pull Out Part of Exhaust Hose Before
Sliding Out Generator
Keep an Eye on Exhaust Pipe’s Wrapping
The
generator’s
vibration
can
cause the wrapping to unravel to the
point it catches in the generator fan.
Help keep the wrapping on the
exhaust pipe with a 2-in hose clamp,
Help extend the life of the exhaust
pipe by installing a 1
1
/
2
x 1
1
/
2
x 2
3
/
4
-
in slotted angle support bracket and a
1
3
/
4
-in mufFer clamp, NSN 5340-01-
455-3934. The bracket, which was
suggested by the 326th Chemical
Company in Huntsville, AL, cuts
down on tension and vibration that
can damage the mufFer tail pipe.
Get
the
bracket
by
contacting
George Barnes.
If
you
have
a
tailpipe
break,
the
375th
Chemical
Company
in
Council Bluffs, IA, suggests having
your maintenance section weld a
piece of pipe to the mufFer and
exhaust pipe. That may be enough
to keep you operating until you get a
new mufFer and tailpipe.
Generator
Solutions
Right
Here!
JBPDS BIDS…
if the generator for the
JBPDS (joint biological point
detection system) BIDS
can’t
generate power, your BIDS is
powerless
to detect threats.
Here are
a few ways
to keep the
generator
empowered…
I hear There’s
new inSulATion for
my generator that
doesn’t
break apart!
how ‘bout
gettin’ me
some?
I’ll get
right On
it!
Pull out
3-4 feet of
the exhaust
hose to
give the
hose some
slack.
if you
don’t, the
hose’s
coupling
may
tear
the hose
when
you pull
out the
generator
tray.
Pull out
exhaust
hose before
sliding out
generator
I’m runnin’ lOw on
poWer heRE, you guys.
How about
generating
some
generator
PM
so I can
really
crank intO actioN?
Secure wrapping
with hose clamp
Bracket extends life
of exhaust pipe
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