YASKAWA GA700 - Using the Product Safely; Supplemental Safety Information; General Safety

i.2 Using the Product Safely
YASKAWA ELECTRIC SIEP C710617 05F YASKAWA AC Drive GA700 Technical Manual 15
i.2 Using the Product Safely
◆ Supplemental Safety Information
WARNING
Read and understand this manual before you install, operate, or do maintenance on the drive.
Install the drive as specified by this manual and local codes.
The symbol marks in this section identify safety messages in this manual. Failure to obey these safety messages
can cause serious injury, death, or damage to the products and related equipment and systems.
These identifier words categorize and emphasize important safety precautions in these instructions.
DANGER
Identifies a hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, will cause death or serious injury.
WARNING
Identifies a hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, can cause death or serious injury.
CAUTION
Identifies a hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, can cause minor or moderate injury.
NOTICE
Identifies a property damage message.
◆ General Safety
General Precautions
• Some figures in the instructions include options and drives without covers or safety shields to more clearly show the inside of the drive.
Replace covers and shields before operation. Use options and drives only as specified by the instructions.
• The figures in this manual are examples only. All figures do not apply to all products included in this manual.
• Yaskawa can change the products, specifications, and content of the instructions without notice to make the product and/or the
instructions better.
• If you damage or lose these instructions, contact a Yaskawa representative or the nearest Yaskawa sales office on the rear cover of the
manual, and tell them the document number on the front cover to order new copies.
DANGER
Do not ignore the safety messages in this manual. The operating company is responsible for
injuries or equipment damage caused from ignoring the messages in this manual.
Failure to obey the safety messages will cause death or serious injury.
Electrical Shock Hazard
Do not examine, connect, or disconnect wiring on an energized drive. Before servicing,
disconnect all power to the equipment and wait for the time specified on the warning label at a
minimum. The internal capacitor stays charged after the drive is de-energized. The charge
indicator LED extinguishes when the DC bus voltage decreases below 50 Vdc. When all
indicators are OFF, remove the covers before measuring for dangerous voltages to make sure
that the drive is safe.
Failure to obey will cause death or serious injury.