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Contents
Operating and safety instructions ............................................................................................................ 5
General remarks .................................................................................................................................. 5
Remarks on performing tests .............................................................................................................. 5
Operating environment ....................................................................................................................... 5
Malfunction and excessive strain........................................................................................................ 5
Testing and maintenance .................................................................................................................... 5
Care and cleaning ............................................................................................................................... 5
Accessories ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 6
Scope of delivery ................................................................................................................................ 6
Controls .............................................................................................................................................. 7
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 8
The tester ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Features of the tester ........................................................................................................................... 8
Scope of possible tests ........................................................................................................................ 8
Performing tests ...................................................................................................................................... 9
Important note on performing tests ..................................................................................................... 9
Normal-pressure equipment ................................................................................................................ 9
Lung-governed demand valve without positive medium-pressure ................................................ 9
Lung-governed demand valve without negative medium-pressure ................................................ 9
Lung-governed demand valve—leak-tightness with medium pressure ....................................... 10
Lung-governed demand valve—opening pressure ....................................................................... 10
Medium-pressure test ................................................................................................................... 11
Mask—leak tightness ................................................................................................................... 11
Positive-pressure equipment ............................................................................................................. 12
Lung-governed demand valve without positive medium pressure ............................................... 12
Lung-governed demand valve—leak-tightness with medium pressure ....................................... 12
Lung-governed demand valve—closing pressure ........................................................................ 13
Medium-pressure test ................................................................................................................... 13
Mask—leak tightness ................................................................................................................... 14
Mask—exhalation-valve opening pressure .................................................................................. 14
Chemical protective suit ................................................................................................................... 14
Preparing the suit for testing ........................................................................................................ 14
Letting the suit pressure stabilize ................................................................................................. 15
Chemical protective suit—valve testing ...................................................................................... 15
The dummy head................................................................................................................................... 16
Inserting/replacing the battery .............................................................................................................. 17
Accessories ........................................................................................................................................... 18