Test Equipment Required

TB 11-6135-200-25

a. Batteries BA-472C/U, BA-472D/U, BA-485A/U

temperature is not correct or if the heaters fail. If a

failure is indicated, the battery should be removed from

and BA-485B/U, used in the NIKE-HERCULES missile,

the missile and returned to direct support for testing.

are kept on heat all of the time the battery is installed in

d. The BA-486A/U and BA-486B/U are used in the

the missile. The ages of these batteries are therefore

Pershing missile, providing power to the guidance

defined as their shelf and service life. The age of a

section.

These are two-section batteries.

These

battery having only pure shelf life is equal to its actual

batteries are placed on heat only during the count-down

age. The age of a battery on missile heat is effectively

before the missile is fired, and far enough ahead of the

greater than its actual age. The shelf and service life of

firing to allow the batteries to come up to heat.

the battery can be determined from the manufacturing

data on the nameplate and from the battery history

record card which should be kept on each battery. The

2-2. Test Equipment Required

record card must be kept up to date and accurate to

The test equipment required for the testing of the various

determine the true effectiveage of the battery. If no card

batteries is listed in table 2-1.

is available with the battery when it is received, one may

be made up using the following format:

CAUTION

TYPE OF BATTERY ____________________________

If Multimeter AN/USM-223 is not

MANUFACTURER ______________________________

available, Multimeter TS-352B/U may

CONTRACT NO. _______________________________

be used instead, except that the TS-

DATE OF MANUFACTURE _______________________

352B/U may not be used to check the

SERIAL NUMBER ______________________________

resistance of the electric matches in

DATE INSTALLED IN MISSILE ____________________

the batteries.

The TS-352B/U

DATE REMOVED FROM MISSILE _________________

ohmmeter circuits output a high

AVERAGE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE DURING

operating current in the T6w-

INSTALLATION PERIOD _______________________

resistance ranges in these tests. The

AVERAGE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE DURING

high current will damage the

STORAGE __________________________________

matches. If the AN/USM-223 is not

DATE RECEIVED FROM USING

available for the match test, use an

ORGANIZATION _______________________________

ohmmeter with a low current output

SERVICEABILITY TEST DATE

such as Test Set, Arming Mechanism

AND RESULT ________________________________

(8020264) for the test.

NAME OF TECHNICIAN WHO PERFORMED

SERVICEABILITY TEST _______________________

2-3. Shelf and Service Life