Chapter 3. OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE

TM 11-6130-266-15

CHAPTER 3

OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE

care and cleaning essential to proper upkeep and

3-1. Scope of Maintenance

operation of the equipment.

The maintenance duties assigned to the operator and

b. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services.

organizational repairman of the equipment are listed

The preventive maintenance checks and services charts

below, together with references to the paragraphs

(para 3-4 through 3-7) outline functions to be performed

covering the specific maintenance functions. The tools

at specific intervals. These checks and services are to

and test equipment required are listed in appendix B.

maintain Army electronic equipment in a combat-

serviceable condition; that is, in good general (physical)

a. Operator's daily preventive maintenance checks

condition and in good operating condition. To assist

and services (para 3-4).

operators in maintaining combat serviceability, the chart

indicates what to check, how to check, and what the

b. Operator's weekly preventive

maintenance

normal conditions are. The references column lists the

checks and services (para 3-5).

paragraphs, figures, or manuals that contain detailed

repair or replacement procedures. If the defect cannot

c. Organizational monthly preventive maintenance

be remedied by the corrective actions listed, higher

checks and services (para 3-6).

category of maintenance or repair is required. Records

and reports of these checks and services must be made

d. Organizational quarterly preventive maintenance

in accordance with the requirements set forth in

checks and services (para 3-7).

TM 38-750.

e. Cleaning (para 3-8).

3-3. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services

f. Touchup pai nting (para 3-9).

Periods

Preventive maintenance checks and services of the

g. Troubleshooting (para 3-10).

equipment are required daily, weekly, monthly, and

quarterly.

h. Replacement of indicator lamps (para 3-11).

a. Paragraph 3-4 specifies the checks and services

3-2. Preventive Maintenance

that must be accomplished daily (or at least once each

week if the equipment is maintained in standby

Preventive maintenance is the systematic care,

condition).

servicing, and inspection of equipment to prevent the

occurrence of trouble, to reduce downtime, and to

b. Paragraphs 3-5, 3-6, and 3-7 specify additional

assure that the equipment is serviceable.

checks and services that must be performed on a

weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis, respectively.

a. Systematic Care.

The procedures given in

paragraphs 3-4 through 3-8 cover routine systematic

3-4. Operator's Daily Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services Chart

Sequence No.

Item to be inspected

Procedure

Reference

Completeness ......................Check to see that the equipment is complete ..................Para 1-6.

Exterior surfaces .................Clean the exterior surfaces, including the panel meter

Para 3-8.

glasses. Check meter glass and indicator lenses for

cracks.

Connectors ..........................Check the tightness of all connectors.

Controls and indicators ........While making the operating checks (sequence No. 5

below), check to see that the mechanical action of

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