TM 11-6130-413-12
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Section 1. GENERAL
c. Discrepancy in Shipment Report (DISREP)
1-1. Scope
(SF 361). Fill out and forward Discrepancy in Ship-
a. This manual describes Battery Charger-Ana-
ment Report (DISREP) (SF 361) as prescribed in
lyzer AN/USM-432 (fig. l-l) and covers its installa-
AR 55-38/NAVSUPINST 4610.33B/AFR 75-18/
tion operation, function, and maintenance. It in-
MCO P4610.19C/DLAR 4500.15.
cludes operation under usual and unusual condi-
1-4. Administrative Storage
tions, cleaning and inspection of the equipment
and replacement of parts available to the organiza-
Administrative storage of equipment issued to and
tional maintenance repairman.
used by Army activities will have preventive main-
b. Throughout this manual Battery Charger-Ana-
tenance performed in accordance with the PMCS
lyzer AN/USM-432 will be referred to as charger/
charts before storing. When removing the equip-
analyzer.
ment from administrative storage, the PMCS should
c. Appendix A contains a
list of
publications
be performed to assure operational readiness. The
original shipping container should be retained for
the maintenance allocation and repair operations to
repacking of equipment for shipment or limited
be performed at the appropriate maintenance
storage.
categories.
1-5. Destruction of Army Electronics
1-2. Index of Technical Publications
Material
Refer to the latest issue of DA Pam 310-4 to deter-
Demolition and destruction of electronic equipment
mine whether there are new editions, changes, or
will be under the direction of the commander and in
additional publications pertaining to the equipment.
accordance with TM 750-244-2.
1-3. Maintenance Forms, Records, and
1-6. Reporting Equipment Improvement
Reports
Recommendations (EIR)
If your charger-analyzer needs improvement, let us
a. Reports of Maintenance and Unsatisfactory
know. Send us an EIR. You, the user, are the only
Equipment. Department of the Army forms and pro-
one who can tell us what you don't like about your
cedures used for equipment maintenance will be
equipment. Let us know why you don't like the
those prescribed by TM 38-750, The Army Main-
design. Tell us why a procedure is hard to perform.
tenance Management System (Army).
Put it on an SF 368 (Quality Deficiency Report).
b. Report of Packaging and Handling Deficien-
cies. Fill out and forward SF 364 (Report of Discrep-
Electronics Command, ATTN: DRSEL-ME-MQ,
ancy (ROD)) as prescribed in AR 735-11-2/DLAR
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703. We'll send you
4140.55/NAVMATINST 4355.73/AFR 400-54/MCO
a reply.
4430.3E.
Sectlon II. DESCRIPTION AND DATA
1-7. Purpose and Use
and discharge circuits for servicing various types of
vented 24-volt (19- or 20-cell) nickel-cadmium bat-
The charger/analyzer is intended for use as an item
teries with capacities ranging from 5 to 40 AH
of support equipment for charging and testing
(ampere hours). All operator controls and instru-
nickel-cadmium batteries used on certain types of
mentation are accessible from the front panel. The
aircraft. The charger/analyzer is a self-contained
unit is furnished with integral input and output.
unit, utilizing automatically- programmed charge
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