
AppendixAEquipmenthandling
Storageafteruse
Ifaunitisremovedfromitsoperatinglocationandplacedintostorage,itmustbe
properlycleanedandpreparedbeforepacking.
Cleaningcabinets
Ifacabinethasbeenexposedtosaltatmospherewhileitwasinuse,itmustbethoroughly
cleanedbothinternallyandexternallytopreventcorrosion.
1Wipethecabinetexternallyusingadampclothandalittledetergent.Donotuse
excessiveamountsofwaterastheunitmaynotbewatertight.Oncompletion,
drytheunitthoroughly.
2Allsurfacesmustbeinspectedforsignsofcorrosion,aking/bubblingpaint,stains
etc.Damagedorsuspectareasmustbecleaned,preparedandpreservedusingthe
correctpreservationmediumsfortheunit.Themediumstobeusedwillusuallybe
denedintheunits’maintenancemanual.
3Opentheunit,andusingavacuumcleaner,removealldustetc.fromtheunit.
Greatcaremustbetakentoensurethecircuitboardsandmodulesarenotdamaged
intheprocess.
Mechanicalunits
Ifamechanicalunitmayhasbeenexposedtoasaltatmospherewhileitwasinuse,it
mustbethoroughlycleanedbothinternallyandexternallytopreventcorrosion.
1Iftheconstructionmaterialsandtypeofunitpermits,washtheunitusinga
high-pressurehoseandcopiousamountsoffreshwater.Examplesarethelower
partsofhullunits(outsidethehull)orsubseaunits
2Ensurethatalltracesofmudandmarinegrowthareremoved.Useawoodenor
plasticscrapertoremovepersistentgrowth,barnaclesetc.Oncompletion,dry
theunitthoroughly.
Caution
Donotuseahighpressurehoseinthevicinityofcablesortransducers.
Donotusesharpormetaltoolsonatransducerface.
3Ifthematerialsortypeofunitpreventstheuseofahigh-pressurehose,wipethe
unitusingaclothdampenedwithwatercontainingalittledetergent.Examplesare
theupperpartsofhullunits(insidethehull)andhydraulicsystems
4Donotuseexcessiveamountsofwaterassomecomponentsontheunitmaynotbe
watertight.Wipeoffthedetergentwithadampcloth,thendrytheunitthoroughly.
5Allsurfacesmustbeinspectedforsignsofcorrosion,aking/bubblingpaint,stains
etc.Damagedorsuspectareasmustbecleaned,preparedandpreservedusingthe
correctpreservationmediums.Themediumstobeusedwillnormallybedenedin
theunit’smaintenancemanual.
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