TM 11-4130-381-14
CHAPTER 3
OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
3-1. Scope of Maintenance
3-4. Preventive Maintenance
The maintenance duties assigned to operator and
Preventive maintenance is the systematic care,
organizational repair personnel of the equipment
servicing, and inspection of the battery charger to
are listed below together with a reference to the
p r e v e n t the occurence of trouble, to reduce
downtime, and to assure that the equipment is
paragraphs covering the specific maintenance
functions.
serviceable.
a. Systematic Care. The procedures given in
a Operator preventive maintenance checks and
systematic care and cleaning essential to proper
b. Organizational preventive maintenance checks
upkeep and operation of the equipment.
b. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Ser-
c. Organizational preventive maintenance checks
vices. The preventive maintenance checks and
functions to be performed at specific intervals.
These checks and services are to maintain Army
electronic equipment in a combat-serviceable
condition; that is, in good general (physical)
3-2. Repair Parts
condition and in good operating condition. To
N o repair parts are authorized for operator
assist operators i n maintaining combat ser-
maintenance. The repair parts authorized for
viceability, the chart indicates what to check, how
organizational maintenance are listed in the Repair
t o check, and the normal indications. The
P a r t s and Special Tools List (RPSTL), TM
References column lists the paragraphs or manuals
11-6130-381-20P.
t h a t contain detailed repair or replacement
3-3. Tools, Test Equipment, and Materials
procedures. If the defect cannot be remedied by
performing the corrective actions listed, higher
a. Tools. The tools required for organizational
category of maintenance or repair is required.
maintenance are contained in Electronic Equip-
ment Tool Kit TK-101 /G.
Records and reports of them checks and and services
must be made in accordance with the requirements
b. Test Equipment. T h e t e s t e q u i p m e n t
set forth in TM 38-750.
r e q u i r e d for organizational m a i n t e n a n c e is
3-5. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Serv.
c. Materials. The materials required for
ice Periods
organizational maintenance are as follows:
Preventive maintenance checks and services of the
(1) Soft, lint-free cloth
e q u i p m e n t a r e required before and during
(2) Lint-free brush
operation, weekly, monthly, and quarterly.
(3) Artists paint brush
a. Table 3-1 specifies checks and services that
(4) Trichloroethane.
must be accomplished before and during operation
(5) EPOxy Polyamide paint per MIL-C-22750,
(or at least once a week if the equipment is
semi-gloss olive drab per Fed Std-595, color 24087
maintained in a standby condition).
( 6 ) Paint thinner per MIL-T-19544, as
b. Tables
3-2 and 3-3 specify additional checks
required
and services that must be performed on a monthly
(7) Sandpaper No. 000
and quarterly basis, respectively.
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