Stop Mr. Cold!It's almost impossible to drain out all water from the M17 and M12A1 decons no matter how careful you are. Then when the decons sit for weeks in the cold, that water freezes and damages stuff like the tanks and pumps. They are expensive to repair. Shut the door to freezing like this: Freeze protection is easier with the M17 because you can just run antifreeze antifreeze, substance added to a solvent to lower its freezing point. The solution formed is called an antifreeze mixture. Antifreeze is typically added to water in the cooling system of an internal-combustion engine so that it may be cooled below the freezing point through it. Mix six gallons of antifreeze, 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 6810-01-181-7121, to every four gallons of water and fill the M17's tank with the mixture. The procedure begins on Page 2-55 in TM 3-4230-228-10. It's not so simple with the M12 because you can't use antifreeze. Antifreeze mixes with bleach bleach Solid or liquid chemical compound used to whiten or remove the natural colour of fibres, yarns, paper, and textile fabrics. Sunlight was the chief bleaching agent up to the discovery of chlorine in 1774 by Karl Wilhelm Scheele (b. 1742—d. and produces a toxic gas that can create enough pressure in the tank to rupture rupture, in medicine: see hernia. seals and valves. The solution is general purpose lubricating oil (PL-S), NSN 9150-00-231-6689. Park the M12 on level ground and drain all the water you can from the main tank, prime detergent detergent (dētûr`jənt, dĭ–), substance that aids in the removal of dirt. Detergents act mainly on the oily films that trap dirt particles. tank and pump. Then mix three pints of oil with three gallons of water. Pour the mixture into the detergent tank and open Valve 4. Run the pump 30 seconds, then drain the pump. Close Valve 4, but leave the pump drain valve open. Now the pump won't freeze. YOU'LL GET NOWHERE MESSING WITH US NOW ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WE'RE PROTECTED! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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