3 Installation and Safety
This chapter describes required installation provisions and precautions necessary to deploy this
equipment effectively and above all safely. Please ensure anyone that will be assigned to
operate this equipment is fully qualified and trained to operate this equipment in a safe manner.
3.1 Important Safety Precautions
After the equipment has been installed, a careful study should be made of the test station to
determine what, if any, safeguards are needed. It is suggested that any electrical test station
involving voltages in excess of 42.4 volts peak (approximately 30 volts RMS) should be equipped
with safeguards. These should operate both for the protection of the operating personnel and
for the protection of casual bystanders. At the minimum, safeguards should prevent the
operating personnel or casual bystanders from coming into contact with the test circuit. In the
event electrical interlocks of any sort are required, either to insure that guards are in place, or to
insure that the operator’s hands are in a safe location, we will be happy to provide suggestions
and schematics for safety interlocking our test equipment.
The test procedure should be well thought out to ensure that it adequately tests the product to
the desired criteria but that the procedure does not require the operator to perform tasks that
are unsafe. The product should never be touched during a test.
Good safety practice dictates labeling of hazards properly. Since high voltage testing can be
hazardous, the work station should be labeled. Naturally, the location of the label should be
carefully selected so that it can be placed in a location that will do the most good.
IF THIS EQUIPMENT IS NOT INSTALLED AND/OR USED IN A MANNER
SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER, THE PROTECTION PROVIDED BY THE
EQUIPMENT MAY BE IMPAIRED
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