XITRON XT2640 - Safety; Safety Specifications; Power and Grounding; Terminals and Wiring

XT2640OperatingManual 13July2016 Page11of187
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4 SAFETY
4.1 SAFETYSPECIFICATIONS
GeneralSafety  ConformstotherequirementsofEN61010‐1
MeasurementSafety EN61010‐1CATI1000V;CATII1000V;CATIII600V;CATIV300V(electricalchannelinputs)
TheusershouldbeawareofthesesafetywarningsatalltimeswhileusingtheXT2640.
THEXT2640MEASURESVOLTAGESANDCURRENTSWHICHMAYBELETHAL;UNSAFE
OPERATIONMAYRESULTINSEVEREINJURYORDEATH.
IFTHEXT2640ISUSEDINAMANNERNOTSPECIFIEDBYXITRONTHEPROTECTIONPROVIDED
BYTHEEQUIPMENTMAYBEIMPAIREDANDSAFETYMAYBECOMPROMISED.
4.2 POWERANDGROUNDING
THEXT2640ISINTENDEDTOBEPOWEREDFROMAPOWERCORDHAVINGAPROTECTIVE
GROUNDWIREWHICHMUSTBEINSERTEDINTOAPOWEROUTLETHAVINGAPROTECTIVE
GROUNDTERMINAL.IFTHEXT2640ISNOTPOWEREDFROMASUITABLEPOWERSOURCE,OR
ITISLIKELYTHATTHEPOWERCORDMAYBEREMOVEDFROMTHEXT2640WHENMAINS
SIGNALSAREAPPLIEDTOTHEMEASUREMENTTERMINALS,THENTHECHASSISGROUND
TERMINALLOCATEDNEARTHEPOWERENTRYCONNECTORONTHEREARPANELMUSTBE
PROTECTIVEGROUNDED.
DONOTREMOVETHEPOWERCORDFROMTHEXT2640ORFROMTHESOURCEOFPOWER
WHILEITISMEASURINGHIGHVOLTAGES.THISWILLREMOVETHEPROTECTIVEGROUND
FROMTHECHASSISOFTHEXT2640WHICHMAYRESULTINHAZARDOUSVOLTAGESBEING
ACCESSIBLETOTHEUSER.
4.3 TERMINALSANDWIRING
THEXT2640MEASURESVOLTAGESANDCURRENTSWHICHMAYBELETHAL,ENSURENO
VOLTAGEORCURRENTISPRESENTWHENCONNECTINGTOORDISCONNECTINGFROMTHE
TERMINALS.
THEUSERMUSTUSEWIREWHICHISRATEDFORTHEHIGHESTEXPECTEDVOLTAGEAND
CURRENTFORALLCONNECTIONSTOTHEXT2640.
4.4 ENVIRONMENT
THEXT2640SHOULDNOTBEUSEDINANENVIRONMENTWHERECONDUCTIVEPOLLUTIONCAN
OCCUR,E.G.INANOUTDOORENVIRONMENT.
IFTHEXT2640ISTRANSPORTEDBETWEENDIFFERINGENVIRONMENTSANDCONDENSATIONIS
SUSPECTED,THEUNITSHOULDREMAINUNPOWEREDFORSUFFICIENTTIMEFOR
CONDENSATIONTOHAVEDISSIPATED.IFTHEREISANYDOUBTTHENCONTACTXITRONFOR
ADVICE.
IFFLUIDSOROTHERCONDUCTIVEMATERIALSAREALLOWEDTOENTERTHEXT2640
ENCLOSURE,EVENIFNOTPOWERED,THENTHEXT2640SHOULDBEIMMEDIATELYTAKENOUT
OFOPERATIONANDSERVICEDASSAFETYMAYHAVEBEENCOMPROMISED.
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