Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION - TM-5-4120-356-140012

TM 5-4120-356-14

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Section I. General

SCOPE

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a. Type of Manual: Operator's, Organizational, Direct Support and General Support Maintenance.

b. Model Number and Equipment Name: TM18KV-208-3-60 Air Conditioner, Vertical Compact, 18,000

BTU/HR.

c. Purpose of Equipment: The air conditioner can be used in temporary buildings, shelters, mobile van

and trailers. The unit accomplishes three functions; cooling, heating and ventilation.

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MAINTENANCE FORMS AND RECORDS

Department of the Army forms and procedures used for equipment maintenance will be those prescribed by

DA PAM 738-750; The Army Maintenance Management System (TAMMS).

DESTRUCTION OF ARMY MATERIEL TO PREVENT ENEMY USE

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Destruction of the air conditioner to prevent enemy use shall be in accordance with TM 750-244-3, Procedure

for Destruction of Equipment.

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PREPARATION FOR STORAGE AND SHIPMENT

Seal all openings in the air conditioner cabinet with barrier material and sealing tape. Cover the entire

cabinet with a protective material

a. Placement of equipment in administrative storage should be for short periods of time when a shortage

of maintenance effort exists. Items should be in mission readiness within 24 hours or within the time factors

as 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 completed, shortcomings and deficiencies should be cor-

rected 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 maybe used.

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RADIO INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION

Essentially, suppression is attained by providing a low resistance path to ground for stray currents. The

methods used include shielding the ignition and high frequency wires, grounding the frame with bonding

straps, and using capacitors and resistors.

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REPORTING EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS (EIR's)

If your air conditioner needs improvement, let us know. Send us an EIR. You, the user, are the only one who

can tell us what you don't like about your equipment. Let us know why you don't like the design. Tell us why

a procedure is hard to perform. Put it on an SF 368 (Quality Deficiency Report). Mail it to us at U.S. Army

Troop Support Command, ATTN: AMSTR-MOF, 4300 Goodfellow Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63120-1798.

We'll send you a reply.

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HAND RECEIPT

Hand receipts for Components of End Item (COEI), Basic Issue Items (BII), and Additional Authorization

List (AAL) items are published in a Hand Receipt manual, TM 5-4120-356-14-HR. This manual is published

to aid in property accountability and is available through: Commander, U.S. Army Adjutant General Publica-

tions Center, 2800 Eastern Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21220.

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