Safety instructions
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Safety instructions 
What this chapter contains
This chapter contains the safety instructions which you must follow when installing, 
operating and servicing the drive. If ignored, physical injury or death may follow, or 
damage may occur to the drive, the motor or driven equipment. Read the safety 
instructions before you work on the unit. 
To which products this chapter applies
The information is valid for the whole range of the product DCS880, the converter 
modules DCS880-S0x size H1 ... H8, field exciter units DCF80x, etc. like the Rebuild 
Kit DCS880-R00.
Use of warnings and notes
There are two types of safety instructions throughout this manual: warnings and 
notes. Warnings caution you about conditions which can result in serious injury or 
death and/or damage to the equipment and advice on how to avoid the danger. 
Notes draw attention to a particular condition or fact, or give information on a 
subject. The warning symbols are used as follows: 
Dangerous voltage warning warns of high voltage which can cause 
physical injury and/or damage to the equipment. 
General danger warning warns about conditions, other than those 
caused by electricity, which can result in physical injury or death and/or 
damage to the equipment.
Electrostatic sensitive discharge warning warns of electrostatic 
discharge which can damage the equipment.