Get the outside story.Thinned Skinned Punctures in the shelter's skin and seams that are split are open invitations to leaks. Look for punctures and tears during operator PMCS PMCS PMC Sierra (stock symbol) PMCS Project Management Control System PMCS partial mission-capable, supply (US DoD) PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services PMCS Professional Military Comptroller School . If you find any, have your unit repairman re·pair·man n. A man whose occupation is making repairs. Noun 1. repairman - a skilled worker whose job is to repair things maintenance man, service man patch them right away. TB 43-0124, Maintenance and Repair Procedures for Shelters, tells what unit maintenance can repair, as well as the tools and materials needed. You'll also want to check out TM 10-5411-205-12 for the S-250 shelter and TM 10-5411-207-14 for the S-280 shelter. They'll give you additional tips on saving your skin. Dry Receptacles Cable receptacles, like those used with 26-pair cables, are easy prey for moisture and the corrosion it brings. When you're not using the receptacles, keep the covers on them. If the receptacle gets wet. dry it immediately with a clean cloth. Corrosion on the contacts? Clean it off with isopropyl alcohol isopropyl alcohol: see isopropanol. . NSN NSN National Stock Number NSN Nokia Siemens Networks NSN National Storytelling Network NSN NATO Stock Number NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA) NSN National Student Number (NZ) NSN Never Say Never 6810-00-753-4993. Apply a light coat of silicone, NSN 685000-880-7616, on the receptacle's gasket. The silicone helps preserve the gasket, which makes for a tight, waterproof connection. On Top of the Shelter The number one shelter damage problem is the self-inflicted wound caused to the shelter roof by piling things on lop LOP - A language based on first-order logic. ["SETHEO - A High-Perormance Theorem Prover for First-Order Logic", Reinhold Letz et al, J Automated Reasoning 8(2):183-212 (1992)]. of it. Concertina wire, ground rods, antenna elements, and even tarps and tents can puncture the thin skin of the shelter roof. To solve this problem some soldiers have placed pallets or plywood between the roof and the equipment piled on top. This does not solve the problem. It only makes it worse! These platforms and their protruding pro·trude v. pro·trud·ed, pro·trud·ing, pro·trudes v.tr. To push or thrust outward. v.intr. To jut out; project. See Synonyms at bulge. nails and sharp edges puncture the roof skin, and allow much heavier loads which cause the foam bonding between the outer roof and the inner ceiling to separate and eventually destroy the supporting spot-welds.. Once this happens the aluminum ribbing, plywood thermal barrier and foam material filling the 2-in space between the outer roof and inner ceiling is exposed to the elements. You've lost your first line of shelter protection. The only way to protect your shelter is to protect your shelter top. The only way to protect your shelter top is to never, ever, put anything on top of it! To reinforce this. get your commander's authorization to stencil stencil, cutout device of oiled or shellacked tough and resistant paper, thin metal, or other material used in applying paint, dye, or ink to reproduce its design or lettering upon a surface. THIS IS NOT A LOAD-BEARING SURFACE on top of your shelters. |
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