Section II. DESCRIPTION AND DATA

TM 5-6115-593-12 TO 35C2-3-463-1 1-7. ADMINISTRATIVE STORAGE. (A,F,MC) Detailed information pertaining to administrative storage for the various services is contained in the following documents. Processing and Inspection of Aerospace Ground Equipment for Storage and Shipment, T035-1-4 is applicable to Air Force personnel, MCOP4450.7 is applicable to Marine Corps personnel and for Army personnel: a. Placement of equipment in administrative storage should be for short periods of time when a storage of maintenance effort exists. Items should be in mission readiness within 24 hours or within the time factors are determined by the directing authority. During the storage period appropriate maintenance records will be kept. b. Before placing equipment in administrative storage, current maintenance services and equipment serviceable criteria (ESC) evaluations should be corrected, and all modification work orders (MWO's) should be applied. c. Storage site selection. Inside storage is preferred for items selected for administrative storage. If inside storage is not available, trucks, vans, conex containers and other containers may be used. 1-8. PREPARATION FOR SHIPMENT AND STORAGE. The requirements pertaining to the preparation for shipment and storage for the various services are contained in the following documents. a. (A) Army - Refer to TB740-97-2. b. (F) Air Force - Refer to T035-1-4 for end item generator sets and T038-1-5 for installed engine. c. (N,MC) Navy and Marine Corps refer to individual service directives for requirements. Section II. DESCRIPTION AND DATA 1-9. DESCRIPTION. a. General. The generator set, military model MEP- 029A and MEP-029B (figures 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, and 1- 4), is a skid-mounted, self- contained unit. The generator is provided with controls, instruments and accessories necessary for operation as a single unit, or in parallel, with up to three additional units of the same class and mode. Housing kit (military model MEP-029 AHK) is available for field installation. The housing kit encloses the top, sides, and ends of the set and is removable to provide access for overhaul or replacement of the major components. The housing kit is attached to a skid base by bolted construction to provide a rain proof enclosure. When the doors, covers, and louvers are closed, rain, snow, and sand are excluded from the interior of the housing. An automatic control module (ACM), remote control module (RCM), and remote control cable are also available for use with the generator set. The automatic control module provides for parallel operation of up to four generator sets. The automatic control module senses and initiates the unattended sequence when the normal 120V AC supply voltage varies more than plus or minus 10 percent and/or the frequency varies more than 3.0 percent. The remote control module permits remote start, stop, monitor, and control of the generator set from a location up to 100 feet (30 meters) via the remote control cable. b. Generator Set. A brief description of the major components comprising the generator set is provided in the following paragraphs: (1) Engine. The engine is a liquid-cooled, 12- cylinder, 1-2