Cleaning/Purging a NV system

[Kraven251]

Not really sure where this falls, so I figured toss it out into general and see who bites.

I have a PVS-14, that has been abused to be sure. I have a few parts that need to be replaced, but really it needs a cleaning and purge.

I figured I would use the folks at Mod Armory for this, but any idea how long this takes? Is this something that is done in an hour or so, or is this a multi-day process?

There are a couple black dots, so I suspect they are dust flecks on the tube. I just really don't want to go tearing into the internals of my setup, but I know it is capable of much better presentation than I am getting out of it.

[Wulf202]

If it has the old battery compartment you can use the opportunity to change to AA compartments also.

[Great-Kazoo]

Pm or em modarmory for the best answer.

[The Rat]

As far as the process itself, it doesn't take long. It's basically just plugging a hose from a tank into the unit and letting it purge for a bit.

Company turnaround times on the other hand are something I have no idea about. It used to be a yearly thing when I was still in; the direct maintenance shop would come down to the arms room with their equipment and just purge a whole company's worth of nods in a day.

[Dave]

From my armorer's course in the Army we were told a purge and fill for PVS-7's takes a few hours to do with the inspecting included, but depot level work usually took a few weeks turnaround. It would depend on how busy and how long of a backlog they have.