12 commo tips: prevent the frozen chosen.1) Carry small batteries inside your clothes to keep them warm. Reactivate re·ac·ti·vate v. 1. To make active again. 2. To restore the ability to function or the effectiveness of. re·ac cold-soaked batteries by warming them under your clothes. 2) If a radio set must be set up outside, put it in a sheltered place. A wind block, like a lean-to, helps keep sets away from direct exposure to cold air. 3) Raise cables above the ground to keep them from freezing to the ground. Use poles or tree limbs to raise the cables. If you can't get cables off the ground, keep them out from under the snow. Pull them free after every snowfall. A cable hidden under snow is hard to find except when it's pulled loose by a big foot or run over by a track. 4) Check antenna systems often and remove snow, ice or slush slush n. 1. Partially melted snow or ice. 2. Soft mud; slop; mire. 3. Nautical Grease or fat discarded from a ship's galley. 4. A greasy compound used as a lubricant for machinery. that might diminish your signal or create a "failing ice" hazard. 5) Put frost shields over microphones. If you don't have a shield, or your handset The part of the telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone. On a desktop phone, the part you hold in your hand is the handset. On a cellphone, the entire phone is the handset. See multihandset cordless and headset. doesn't have a place to fit one, a piece of plastic--like a battery bag--will do the job. 6) Remove all snow, ice, water and dirt from cable connections before connecting them. You'll get a poor connection or broken connectors, if you don't. 7) Rubber and rubber compounds become stiff and brittle (jargon) brittle - Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e. as temperatures plunge. In cold weather, cables and wire should be flexed slowly and carefully to keep them from cracking and breaking. 8) Lube, but don't over-lube. Lubricants lubricants preparations for the lubrication of passages to reduce frictional injury, e.g. oily preparations, including petroleum jelly, lanolin or water-soluble preparations such as methyl cellulose. can get stiff in cold weather and fail to do their job. One key to lubing in the cold is frequent checks to make sure lube hasn't gotten stiff. Another key is frequently applying lube. Use lighter lubes, too! 9) Plugs, jacks, keys, shafts, bearings, dials, and switches can malfunction mal·func·tion v. 1. To fail to function. 2. To function improperly. n. 1. Failure to function. 2. Faulty or abnormal functioning. due to contraction of metal parts in extreme cold. Check them often and keep them warm and clean. 10) Make sure all motors and fans run freely. Snow and ice build-up build·up also build-up n. 1. The act or process of amassing or increasing: a military buildup; a buildup of tension during the strike. 2. can shut down a critical fan and kill a much-needed motor. 11) Make sure all knobs and controls move easily. Stiff controls might indicate a frozen moisture problem. 12) Any equipment that generates heat during operation will "breathe" or draw in cold air as the equipment cools. If heated equipment is brought into contact with extremely cold air, the glass, plastic and ceramic parts may break. So give hot equipment time to cool down before taking it out of a shelter into the cold. |
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