Specifications

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Care fully dis con nect the har ness from
the 8-pin con nec tor on the small cir cuit
board in the bat tery pack. Do not short
con nec tor pins.
• Dis con nect 2-pin har ness.
In spect the bat tery pack and un der side
of ELT. Bat tery cells, com po nents and
con nec tors should be cor ro sion free. The
un der side of ELT should be cor ro sion
free. In spect for any bro ken wires or con
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nec tions. En sure the bat tery hous ing is
free of cracks or other vis i ble dam age.
The bat tery pack must be re placed with
a new one:
• Af ter use in an emer gency;
•
Af ter an in ad ver tent ac ti va tion of un
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known du ra tion;
• When the to tal of all known trans mis -
sions ex ceeds one hour;
• On or be fore the bat tery re place ment
(ex pi ra tion) date. Note: The bat tery
pack (452-0133) ex pires 5 years from
the date (month) it is shipped from
Artex.
When in stall ing a new bat tery pack, re-
move the pa per back ing from the rub ber
seal at the con nec tor end of the bat tery
pack. It is rec om mended that this seal be
coated with a non-petroleum based sil i
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cone grease (i.e. GE G-635) to pro vide a
mois ture re sis tant seal once the bat tery is
in stalled.
To re place/re in stall the bat tery pack, con
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nect the 8-pin con nec tor to the header on
the cir cuit board in the bat tery pack.
Con nect the 2-pin con nec tor to the re -
cessed con nec tor in side the ELT body.
This step will cause the ELT to ac ti vate.
Re set the ELT by tog gling the “ON/OFF”
switch on the ELT from “ON” to “OFF”.
Re seat the bat tery pack on the ELT,
dress ing the har ness wires away from the
stand offs to avoid pinch ing the wires be -
tween the bat tery pack and the stand offs.
Con nect the SARSAT Bea con Test Set,
through a 30 dB (min i mum) at tenu ator,
to the ELT’s TPS con nec tor. Ac ti vate the
ELT and al low the ELT to trans mit 3 to
4 406.025 MHz bursts. There upon, ver ify
that there is not a “BAD FRAME” or
NOR MAL BAD" mes sage on the Test Set
dis play which would in di cate a prob lem
with the bat tery pack (i.e. a bad IC on
the bat tery cir cuit board).
In stall the four Phil lips head screws and
tighten se curely. Do not over torque the
screws.
Once the ELT has been tested, as ap
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pli ca ble, and re in stalled in the air craft a s
de scribed in this chap ter, ap ply the bat -
tery ex pi ra tion date la bel pro vided with
the bat tery pack to the ex te rior of the
ELT (i.e. on the end cap or other vis i ble
lo ca tion).
En ter per ti nent bat tery re place ment in for -
ma tion in the air craft log book and fill
out any other doc u men ta tion re quired by
lo cal au thor ity.
If you have any ques tions re gard ing the
Bat tery Pack Re place ment Pro ce dure,
please con tact Artex Air craft Sup plies a t
1-800-547-8901.
ARTEX AIRCRAFT SUPPLIES DOCUMENT # 570-5000
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