287178 — Miller Battery, Blower (Face Shield PAPR)

Fits these systems

Systems this part fits, with compatibility status and evidence
System	Compatibility status	Evidence
Miller Face Shield PAPR	T2 Manufacturer-listed part	[01] www.millerwelds.com manufacturer manual Item 6 of Figure 10-2 "Faceshield PAPR Blower Assembly" parts table, Section 10, p.31 of Miller OM-288359A (2021-07): "287178 — Battery, Blower, Qty 1", paired in the same figure with item 7 "282077 — Battery Charger". Battery Type/Charging Time/Battery Life confirmed in the Respirator Specifications table, Section 6-1, p.14. Archived at sources/miller-o288359a_mil.pdf. 2026-07-06

Specifications

Technical specifications
Chemistry	Rechargeable Lithium
Charge time	About three hours
Battery life	500 charges — run time dependent on air flow rate and filter load
Charger	Battery Charger 282077 (paired in Figure 10-2, items 6/7)

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Notes

Part number 287178 is already recorded on this site as the Miller PAPR II (Gen 2) welding-helmet battery, fitted to system miller-papr-gen2 (see src/data/parts/miller-287178.yaml). This Face Shield PAPR manual (OM-288359A) independently lists the identical part number 287178 as its own blower battery — Miller may genuinely share one battery SKU across both product lines, but this has not been cross-verified against a single authoritative source that names both systems together. Flagging for a maintainer to either (a) confirm the physical part is identical and add a second `fits` entry for miller-papr-faceshield to the existing miller-287178.yaml record, or (b) determine the two manuals are describing distinct parts that happen to share a number. Separately, Section 8 Troubleshooting (p.25) of THIS manual states "Use charger 282077 for battery 282076" — not 287178 — which does not match the 287178+282077 pairing in this manual's own parts list (p.31). That troubleshooting line looks like boilerplate reused from another Miller PAPR manual and left unedited; treat the parts-list pairing (287178 + 282077) as authoritative for this system.

Record sources

Evidence — dated sources

[01] www.millerwelds.com manufacturer manual OM-288359A Section 6-1 (p.14) and Section 10 (p.31). 2026-07-06