MIL-DTL-13484G
6. NOTES
(This section contains information of a general or explanatory nature that may be helpful, but is not
mandatory.)
6.1 Intended use. Switches covered by this specification are intended to be used as gun-firing
switches in combat vehicles.
6.2 Ordering data. Acquisition documents should specify the following:
a.
Title, number, and date of this specification.
b.
Type and class of switch (see 1.2).
Item name and pert number (see 3.3).
c.
The specific issue of individual documents referenced (see 2.1).
d.
e.
If responsibility for inspection will be other than as specified (see 4.1).
f.
If inspection conditions will be other than as specified (see 4.3).
Selection of applicable level and packaging requirements (see 5.1).
g.
6.3 Qualification. With respect to products requiring qualification, awards will be made only for
products which are, at the time of award of contract, qualified for inclusion in Qualified Products List QPL
No. 3950 whether or not such products have actually been so listed by that date. The attention of the
contractors is called to these requirements, and manufacturers are urged to arrange to have the products
that they propose to offer to the Federal Government tested for qualification in order that they may be
eligible to be awarded contracts or orders for the products covered by this specification. Information
pertaining to qualification of products may be obtained from via email to vqp.chief@dla.mil or from the
DLA Land and Maritime, Attn: VQP, 3990 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43213-1199. An online
listing of products qualified to this specification may be found in the Qualified Products Database (QPD)
6.4 Definitions.
6.4.1 Recovered materials. "Recovered materials" means materials that have been collected or
recovered from solid waste (see 6.4.2).
6.4.2 Solid waste. "Solid waste" means (a) any garbage, refuse, or sludge from a waste treatment
plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility; and (b) other discarded material,
including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial,
mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities. It does not include solid or dissolved
material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved material in irrigation return flows, or industrial
discharges which are point sources subject to permits under section 402 of the Clean Water Act, (33
U.S.C. 1342 et seq.), or source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) (Source: Federal Acquisition Regulations, section 23.402).
6.5 Contact voltage drop tests. Two contact voltage drop tests are specified (see 4.6.4.2) because
(1) a test which does not destroy the rubber meal of the switch is necessary in order to assure meaningful
results from subsequent waterproof ness, corrosion, or fungus tests, while (2) a test in which the rubber
seal of the leads is destroyed is necessary in order to determine the actual voltage drop across the switch
contacts.
6.6 Open circuit resistance test. The purpose of this other test (see 4.6.4.5) is to determine if the
switch contacts are open without subjecting the switch to an excessive number of applications of high
voltage.
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