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<br />5.3.2.4 Flood Warning Maintenance specialist <br />a. Makes sure that the sys1:em is properly maint.ained. <br />b. Carries out tests, drills and routine maintenance. <br />c. Orders spare parts and makes repairs. <br />d. Delegates work when mor,~ help is needed. <br />5. 3 . 2 . 5 Flood Warning Recei v,~rs <br />a. Are called directly by i'l.larm gages (should include the <br />Flood Coordinator and the Maintenance Specialist). <br />b. Have their phone number:, programmed into the dialer. <br />5.3.2.6 Note th.at one person can do more 'than one of the jobs <br />outlined above. <br /> <br />6. MAINTENANCE OF THE FLOOD WARNING SYSTEJ'1 <br /> <br />6. 1 Maintenance, Plan <br />Maintenance Clf the flood wa,rning system must be, carried out <br />systematically, year after year, or the equipment will likely <br />fail at some point during a flood. The maintenance proce- <br />dures can be di.vided into rOllt:ine, semiannual tests, winter- <br />ization, Spring start-up, post flood and long-term. A main- <br />tenance log boclk should be k'=pt for each flood warning gage. <br /> <br />6.2 Routine Ma.intenance <br />6.2.1 When - Monthly. <br />6.2.2 Tasks <br />a. Check the battery under load (see b). The dialer will <br />malfunction if the load Voltage of the ba.ttery drops below 4 <br />Volts. The bat:tery should b.,= recharged when it drops below 5 <br />Vol ts under loced. <br />b. As part of the battery load test: <br />1. Push the dialer switch to the disconnect position to re- <br />move the dialer from the phon'~ line. <br />2. open up the clean out door. <br />3. Trip one float using a stick: from below, or a hook from <br />above, and see that the tape plays. <br />4. Measure the load Voltage across battery. <br />5. wait for the message 1:0 finish and push the dialer <br />switch back to the connect position. <br />c. If the batt:ery needs to be charged: <br />1. Remove the battery from i:he alarm. <br />2. Replace i t: with a charged battery. <br />3. Recharge t:he ba.ttery thai: was removed. <br />d. See that t:he well is cleim and that the floats are free <br />of debris and animal nests. <br />e. Make sure t:hat insects are no'l: nesting in the alarm box. <br />f. MAKE SURE ~~HAT THE ALARM IS ARMED WHEN YOU LEAVE! <br /> <br />6.3 Semiannual Tests <br />6.3.1 When - Do in mid February and July. <br />6.3.2 Tasks <br />a. Do all routine maintenance list.ed in Part 6.2. <br />tute an on-line test for the off line test described <br />part. <br /> <br />Substi- <br />in that <br /> <br />22 <br />