Chapter 3: OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

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CHAPTER

OPERATING

INSTRUCTIONS

Section I. OPERATOR'S CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTS

3 - 1 . General

3 - 2 . Controls, Connectors, and Indicators

T e s t aet operating controls, connectors, and in-

The TS-2530 / UR test set does not require any

dicators are shown in figure 1-1 and are described

power source other than the power supplied by the

in table 3-1.

battery under test. The TS-2530 / UR can be

operated at a maintenance facility or hand-held on

a flight line.

Table 3-1. Operator's Controls (fig. 1-1)

Control connector. or indicator

Function

Provides connection for testing of Radio Set AN/ URT-21

URT-21 , PRC-63 connector

battery, or Radio Set AN/ PRC-63 battery, or Radio Set

AN/ PRC-90 battery (when test adapter MX-8801 / PRC-

90 is used).

URT-27 connector

Provides connection for testing of Radio Set AN/ URT-27

battery.

URC-10 cable and connector

Provides cable connection for testing of Radio Set AN / URC-

10 battery.

K308 connector

Provides connection for testing of type K308 batteries.

K308A connector recese

Provides matching connector receptacle for testing of Radio

Set ACR / RT-10 battery.

SDU-5 / E connector recess

Provides matching connector receptacle for testing of Rescue

Light SDU-5 / E battery.

Test meter

Provides an indication of relative battery condition and, when

used with respective battery data cards, indicates remaining

hour of battery life

Battery data cards

Plasticized data charts which indicate the relationship between

the state of battery discharge to life expectancy at various

temperatures for tested batteries

Section II. OPERATION

during test of the battery, allow five minutes for

3-3. Preparation for Use

reading to stabilize before evaluating the battery

No special Procedures are required before

condition.

o p e r a t i n g the test act. H o w e v e r , the following

precautions should be observed:

3 - 4 . Normal Operating Procedures

a. Always check the date of manufacture on the

a. Battery Test Connections. The types of

battery to be tested. Discard batteries that are more

batteries tested by the unit, and the respective test

than two years old, regardless of battery teat in-

c o n n e c t o r s a r e d e s c r i b e d i n t h e following

dications.

paragraphs:

NOTE

( 1 ) AN / URT-21 or AN / PRC63 batteries

The date of battery manufacture is

are connected to the test set with the male con-

stamped on the battery casing and is ab-

nector (red lead) to the + terminal; and the female

breviated by a four digit code number: the

connector (black lead ) to the -- terminal. Both

f i r s t two digits represent the month; the

terminals are located" on the front connector block

last two digits represent the year.

b e n e a t h the URT-21, PRC-63 designations.

b If the initial teat oat meter reading fluctuates

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