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• Examine the case before you use the Product. Look
for cracks or missing plastic. Carefully look at the
insulation around the terminals.
• Do not use the Product around explosive gas, vapor,
or in damp or wet environments.
• Do not work alone.
• Limit operation to the specified measurement
category, voltage, or amperage ratings.
• Comply with local and national safety codes. Use
personal protective equipment (approved rubber
gloves, face protection, and flame-resistant clothes)
to prevent shock and arc blast injury where
hazardous live conductors are exposed.
• Use Product-approved measurement category (CAT),
voltage, and amperage rated accessories (probes,
test leads, and adapters) for all measurements.
• Do not exceed the Measurement Category (CAT)
rating of the lowest rated individual component of a
Product, probe, or accessory.
• Do not touch voltages >30 V ac rms, 42 V ac peak, or
60 V dc.
• Keep fingers behind the finger guards on the probes.
• Use only current probes, test leads, and adapters
supplied with the Product.
• Connect the common test lead before the live test
lead and remove the live test lead before the
common test lead.
• Disable the Product if it is damaged.
• Do not use the Product if it is damaged.
• Do not use the Product if it operates incorrectly.
• Only use probes, test leads, and accessories that
have the same measurement category, voltage, and
amperage ratings as the Product.
• Remove the batteries if the Product is not used for an
extended period of time, or if stored in temperatures
above 50 °C. If the batteries are not removed, battery
leakage can damage the Product.