ARMY TM 9-6115-604-12NAVY NAVFAC P-8-633-12SECTION III. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND SERVICES (PMCS)3-4. GENERAL. To insure that the generator set is ready for operation at all times, it must be inspected systematicallyso that defects may be discovered and corrected before they result In serious damage or failure. The necessary PMCSto be performed are listed and described in paragraph 3-5. Defects discovered during operation of the unit will be notedfor future correction to be made as soon as operation has ceased. Stop operation Immediately if a deficiency Is noticedwhich would damage the equipment if operation were continued.a. BeforeYouOperate. Always keep in mind the CAUTIONS and WARNINGS. Perform your BEFORE PMCS.b. WhileYouOperate. Always keep In mind the CAUTIONS and WARNINGS. Perform your DURING PMCS.c. AfterYouOperate. Be sure to perform your AFTER PMCSNOTEWhen a check and service procedure is required for both weekly and before Intervals, it is not necessary to perform theweekly procedure during the same week In which the before procedure was done.d. PerformweeklyPMCSonceweekly.NOTEWhen a check and service procedure is required for both monthly and before intervals, it is not necessary to perform themonthly procedure during the same week in which the before procedure was done.e. Perform monthly PMCS once monthly.f. Use DA Form 2404 (Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet) to record any faults that you discover before, during, or after operation, unless you can fix them, you DO NOT need to record faults that you fix.3-5. PMCS PROCEDURES.a. Your Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services. Table 3-2 lists inspections and care required to keep yourequipment in good operating condition. The check and service procedures are grouped according to theirintervals, which are before, during, after, weekly, monthly.b. The Item No column of Table 3-2 contains the number assigned to each check or service procedure of thePMCS.c. The INTERVAL column of Table 3-2 tells you when to do a certain check or service.d. LOCATION, ITEM TO CHECK/SERVICE column of Table 3-2 provides the location of the item within theequipment and name of the item to be checked or serviced.e. The PROCEDURE column of Table 3-2 tells you how to do required checks and services Carefully follow these instructions.NOTETerms ready/available and mission capable refer to same status Equipment is on hand and ready to perform its combatmissions (See DA Pam 738-750).f. The NOT FULLY MISSION CAPABLE IF column In Table 3-2 tells you when your equipment Is nonmission capable and why it cannot be used.gIf the equipment does not perform as required, refer to Chapter 3, Section IV, Troubleshooting.3-6. LEAKAGE DEFINITIONS FOR OPERATOR PMCS.It is necessary for you to know how fluid leakage affects the status of the equipment. Following are types/classes of leak-age an operator needs to know to be able to determine the status of the equipment. Learn these leakage definitions andremember - when In doubt, notify your supervisor.3-15
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