All about wire. Reely!THEY'RE NOT TREATING ME RIGHT! MAYBE I CAN HELP! Some of you are the agressor in an abusive relationship. You're puttin' the hurt on field wire. And, folks, the wire is sick and tired of it! The wire has told PS that if you don't start treating it right, it ain't gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. work no more! HERE'S HOW TO TREAT FIELD WIRE LIKE YOUR BEST FRIEND INSTEAD OF YOUR WORST ENEMY. Recovering It Start your recovery by removing all tags and untying the wire where necessary. Skin protection--both yours and the wires--is your next consideration. Put on leather gloves A leather glove is a fitted covering for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger and the thumb. This covering is composed of the tanned hide of an animal (with the hair removed), though it is not uncommon in recent years for the leather to be synthetic. to protect the skin on your hands. Now lay the wire out in as straight a path as possible. Lift the cable off the ground as much as possible as you reel it in to protect its "skin" As you slowly reel in the wire, look it over and get a feel for how much repair work you must do. You're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. cuts, excessive splices, worn spots, jacket deterioration de·te·ri·o·ra·tion n. The process or condition of becoming worse. and other damage. HOW'S THE WIRE LOOK? USED, BUT USABLE. Servicing It When you're back from the field, set aside a day where your unit can gather and service all your wire. Make sure you have a couple of empty reels, tape, tools and your splicing splicing /splic·ing/ (spli´sing) 1. the attachment of individual DNA molecules to each other, as in the production of chimeric genes. 2. RNA s. equipment on hand. HERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT NEED ...
Item NSN
TL-636 black electrical tape 5970-00-685-9059
TL-600 white electrical tape 5970-01-262-3189
TL-83 friction tape 5970-00-644-3167
TL-29 pocket knife 5110-00-240-5943
TL-13 pliers 5120-00-239-8254
TL-13 pliers with skinners 5120-00-247-2063
CS-34 tool carrier 5140-00-498-8898
MK-356 splicing sleeve kit 5940-00-818-1774
U1R splice 5940-00-935-8262
Crimper 5120-01-421-3979
Start your wire check by putting an empty reel on one reel unit and the reel with the used wire on another reel unit. Slowly wind the wire onto the empty reel while thoroughly checking the wire. You can clean the wire while it moves from one reel to the other, too. Look for the same damage you did when you took the wire up in the field--cuts, excessive splices, worn spots, jacket deterioration and other damage. If the wire has insulation skinned off for three inches or less, but the wire is not broken, cover the exposed wire with electrical tape Electrical tape is a type of pressure-sensitive tape used to insulate electrical wires and other material that conduct electricity. It can be made of many plastics, but vinyl is most popular; it stretches better, giving a more effective and longer lasting insulation. . If the insulation or wire damage is more than three inches, cut out the damaged wire and splice it. If the wire is broken, splice it. Cut off, or out, the damaged wire and tie the two ends of the wire with a single knot single knot n. See overhand knot. leaving about six inches of wire on either end of the knot. The knot will take the strain off the line at the point you make the splice. If you are using the splice kit, splice the ends and wrap the splice with insulation tape. If you're using the U1R, split each pair of conductors and insert them into the splice. Make sure the conductors go through the metal prongs and all the way to the center of the U1R. Center the U1R in the crimper. Press firmly until the red top part of the U1R is even with the clear bottom part. No tape is needed because the insulating grease in the splice protects against electrical leakage LEAKAGE. The waste which has taken place in liquids, by their escaping out of the casks or vessels in which they were kept. By the act of March 2, 1799, s. 59, 1 Story's L. U. S, 625, it is provided that there be an allowance of two per cent for leakage, on the quantity which shall appear and corrosion. The insulating grease also makes the splice waterproof. THE NUMBER OF THE SPLICES AND THE RESISTANCE OF THE WIRE TELLS YOU THE WIRE'S CONDITION. Four or fewer splices in 1/2 mile of wire is OK for mission use as long as the electrical resistance Electrical resistance Opposition of a circuit to the flow of electric current. Ohm's law states that the current I flowing in a circuit is proportional to the applied potential difference V. checks out, If you're using WD-1 or -1A, the resistance should not exceed 241 ohms per loop mile at 70[degrees]F. If you're using WF-16, 282 ohms per loop mile should not be exceeded. MORE THAN FOUR SPLICES IN ANY 1/2 MILE OF WIRE MEANS IT CAN BE USED FOR TRAINING ONLY. IT'S READY FOR DISPOSAL IF YOU DON'T NEED IT FOR TRAINING. When you turn in used wire, your DRMO DRMO Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (US DoD) DRMO Defense Reutilization Management Office DRMO Division Resource Management Office will probably want it cut up and turned in by the pound. Check with them to make sure. One mile of WD-I wire weighs about 48 pounds. WD-1A is a little lighter at about 38 pounds. WF-16 is heavier at 62 pounds per mile of wire. TO REORDER re·or·der v. re·or·dered, re·or·der·ing, re·or·ders v.tr. 1. To order (the same goods) again. 2. To straighten out or put in order again. 3. To rearrange. v. WIRE AND REELS, USE THESE NSNS NSNS National Security News Service NSNS No Shirt No Shoes ... Put wire tags on the spool or reel to give you A quick condition check. NSNs for a bundle of 50 tags with tie-on wires are ... FINALLY, EVERY COMMO COMMO Communication(s) COMMO Commodore COMMO Communications Officer SOLDIER WORTH HIS BOOTS TAKES CARE OF HIS WIRE BY THE BOOK ... ... AND THE BOOK FOR WIRE IS FM 24-20, FIELD WIRE AND FIELD CABLE TECHNIQUES.
Wire Length (Ft) NSN 6145-
WD-1A in MX-306 2,640 01-155-4257
WD-1A on RL-159 5,280 01-155-4256
WD-1A on DR-5 5,280 00-220-9933
WD-1A on DR-8 1,640 01-155-4258
WD-15 1,000 00-284-1499
WF-16 on DR-5 5,280 00-910-8847
WF-16 on DR-8 1,000 01-259-9203
Reels NSN 8130-00-
RL-159 174-0812
DR-5 253-0106
DR-8 407-7859
Tags NSN 9905-00-537-
Red 8954
Yellow 8955
Green 8956
White 8957
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