FM-18: FM-18 EXTERNAL CONTACTS ARE BENT, RECESSED, PITTED, OR CORRODED WHILE THE PACK IS COOL AND DRY

FM-18

• Impact or forced insertion damaged a contact
• Arcing or poor seating pitted a contact
• Moisture left dry corrosion residue
• A receiver contact pushed or loosened the pack contact

1. No damaged contact is returned to powered service; the pack and any damaging receiver are replaced or professionally cleared.

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• With the pack removed and cool, one or more accessible power, signal or temperature contacts are visibly bent, pushed in, pitted, loose or corroded, with no active heat, smoke, liquid or melting.

  With the pack removed and cool, one or more accessible 1. Remove the battery from all devices and place it on a nonconductive surface

• root cause analysis
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• step-by-step repair procedure
• diagrams
• exploded views
• post-repair checks

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