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Static Discharge Precautions
The electronic circuits in the GoBed
®
II MedSurg Bed, Model FL28C are completely protected from static electricity
damage only while the bed is assembled. It is extremely important that all service personnel always use adequate static
protection when servicing the electronic systems of the bed. Whenever you are touching wires, you should be using
static protection.
Static Protection Equipment
The necessary equipment for proper static protection is:
• 1 static wrist strap; 3M part number 2214 or equivalent,
• 1 grounding plug; 3M part number 61038 or equivalent,
• 1 test lead with a banana plug on one end and an alligator clip on the other; Smith part number N132B699 or
equivalent.
CAUTION
All electronic service parts will be shipped in static shielding bags. Do not open the bags until you have completed steps
2 and 3 of the following procedure. Do not place unprotected circuit boards on the floor. All circuit boards to be returned
to Stryker Medical should be shipped in the static shielding bags the new boards were shipped in.
Static Protection Procedure
1. Unplug the power cord from the wall receptacle.
2. Insert the grounding plug into a properly grounded hospital grade wall receptacle. Plug the banana plug of the test
lead into the receptacle on the grounding plug. Connect the alligator clip on the other end of the test lead to a
ground point on the bed.
3. Place the static control wrist strap on your wrist. Connect the alligator clip at the other end of the wrist strap cord
to a ground point on the bed.
BED
GROUNDING DIAGRAM