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COPYRIGHTUSER HANDBOOK
SAFETY
• The instrument must be regularly serviced and calibrated by fully trained
personnel in a safe area.
• Batteries: Alkaline or *Rechargeable batteries must be exchanged
(*and recharged) in a safe area and tted correctly before use.
Never use damaged batteries or expose to extreme heat.
See Chapter 13 : OPERATOR MAINTENANCE.
• Only GMI replacement parts should be used.
• If the instrument detects gas, follow your own organisation’s procedures
and operational guidelines.
• The combustion chamber is a ameproof assembly and must not be
opened in the presence of a ammable atmosphere.
•
GT series
instruments are certied as:
SIRA 05ATEX II 2 G EEx iad IIB T3
UL 913 Class I, Div 1 Groups C and D.
• This equipment is designed and manufactured to protect against other
hazards as dened in paragraph 1.2.7 of Annex II of the ATEX Directive
94/9/EC.
Any right of claim relating to product liability or consequential damage to any
third party against GMI is removed if the warnings are not observed.
WARNING: To prevent ignition of ammable or combustible atmospheres,
remove batteries before servicing.
WARNING: To prevent ignition of ammable or combustible atmospheres, read,
understand and adhere to the manufacturer’s live maintenance procedures.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of ignition of a ammable or explosive atmosphere,
batteries must be changed only in a location known to be non-hazardous.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of explosion, do not mix old batteries with used
batteries or mix batteries from different manufacturers.
WARNING: Never attempt to recharge non rechargeable cells.
CAUTION: Not for use in oxygen enriched atmospheres.
CAUTION: Replace instrument batteries only with approved batteries, as follows:
ATEX / IECEx APPROVED INSTRUMENTS:
• See ‘SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR SAFE USE’ on the following page.
UL APPROVED INSTRUMENTS:
• Alkaline: Any ‘LR14’ type
• Rechargeable NiMH: Any ‘C’ type
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