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Chapter 8 – Maintenance
This section explains the maintenance concepts and provides instructions on preventive
maintenance necessary to ensure that the system and equipment are maintained at its optimum
operating condition.
Maintenance Concepts
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This Maintenance concept is categorised into one (1) main category:
Preventive Maintenance (PM)
Preventive Maintenance
Preventive maintenance
(PM)
or Scheduled Maintenance
is the systematic care, servicing and
inspection of equipment to prevent failures, reduce downtime and maintain it in a optimum
operational condition.
Preventive or Scheduled Maintenance (PM) Tasks
In general, the following PM tasks are recommended to be performed:
Pre-Operational
Checks
These are tasks to be performed before operation or mission to ensure that the system is
operationally ready:
Check for completeness of the system, ensure all equipment and accessories are in place
and in good condition;
Check that all switches are at OFF position;
All volume controls must be set at half-clockwise or 50% levels;
All headsets and microphones are connected;
Check that maintenance records indicate the equipment are in a fully safe state for
operation;
Perform system power up, ensure that the indicators are lit accordingly and no alarms or
buzzers are triggered;
Perform self test, view diagnostic messages and device status and ensure no fault or error
messages are displayed or reported;
b. Post-operation Checks
These tasks are performed as a procedural post operation check to ensure system is properly shut
down.
Perform system power down procedure, ensure that all power supply connections and switches
are turned OFF.
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