TM 55-2210-224-34
3-30 GENERATOR FIELD (SELF) RESISTOR
This task covers:
a. Removal
b. Test
c. Installation
INITIAL SETUP
Tools
Tool kit SC4940-97-CL-E12
REMOVAL
WARNING
· High voltage is used in the operation of
equipment. Do not be misled by the term LOW
VOLTAGE. Potentials as low as 50 volts may
cause death.
· Remove rings, bracelets, wristwatches, and
neck
chains
before
working
around
the
locomotive. Jewelry can catch on equipment
and cause injury, or may short across an
electrical circuit and cause severe burns or
electrical shock.
1. Open electrical equipment cabinet door and set
battery switch to OPEN.
2. Remove two locknuts (1), nuts (2), screen (3), two
studs (4), four spacers (5), and springs (6). Remove
resistor and insulator assembly (7).
NOTE
All insulator and resistor assemblies are
disassembled in the same manner.
3. Remove two nuts (8), lockwashers (9), flat washers (10), capscrews (11), and flat washers (12). Remove two
insulators (13) from resistor (14).
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