TM 11-6625-539-14-4
GENERAL SUPPORT MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
GENERAL
Section I.
used in this equipment because of the variables
7-1. Scope of
General Support
introduced by adjustable controls and variations
caused by the devices under test.
General support maintenance personnel are au-
thorized to perform all functions allocated to them
by the maintenance allocation chart, as well as
any functions normally assigned to lower cate-
The only significant waveform in the equipment is
gories of maintenance.
the 1-kHz square wave output which can be
checked at the base of transistor Q1 or Q2, using
amplitude of approximately 2.5 volts peak-to-peak
are impractical for checking transistor circuits
in the BETA function.
Section Il. GENERAL SUPPORT TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Test Equipment Required for General Support
Table 7-1.
Maintenance-Cont.
The following electronic components:
Three hi-polar transistors which, in combination, include
No tools are required other than normal hand-
the following characteristics:
tools to perform general support maintenance on
1-PNP type
1-NPN type
the test set.
1--with beta range of 1 to 100
1--with beta range of 100 to 1000
1--with beta range of 1000 to 10,000
7-5. Test Equipment
Three field effect transistors (FET), which, in combina-
tion, include the following characteristics:
Test equipment required to perform general sup-
1--N-channel type
port maintenance of the test set is listed in table
1-P-channel type
1--with GM range of 0 to 250
1--with GM range of 250 to 2500
1--with GM range of 2500 to 25,000
Table 7-1. Test Equipment Required for General Support
Four 1 percent tolerance resistors including:
Maintenance
1--100 ohm
1--20 ohm
1--500 ohm
1--4000 ohm
Resistor Decade ~M-16/U.
Four diodes including both silicon and germanium types.
GENERAL SUPPORT TROUBLESHOOTING
Section Ill.
determine this by normal operation of the transis-
tor test set or by mocking up tests to check the
The test set is designed to perform a series of
function.
particular functions. These individual functions
7-7. Fault Isolation
first step of logical troubleshooting is to determine
a. Check out the operation of the test set. If all
which functions are giving you trouble. You can