ELEPHANT M1 Compact Instructions De Montage page 16

IMPOrTanT InFOrMaTIOn
UK
WarnInG: rEad all InsTruCTIOns
• Do NOT touch the fence with the head, mouth, neck or torso. Do not climb
over, through or under a multi-wire electric fence. Use a gate or a specially
designed crossing point.
• Do NOT become entangled in the fence. Avoid electric fence constructions
that are likely to lead to the entanglement of animals or persons.
• Energizer must be installed in a shelter and the supply cord must not be
handled when the ambient temperature is below +5 deg C.
• Ensure the Energizer is fully protected from rain, condensation and other
sources of moisture.
• Do not mount in places exposed to heat sources (e.g. a sun heated metal
wall.)
• Ensure the Energizer has adequate ventilation.
• Electric animal fences shall be installed and operated so that they cause no
electrical hazard to persons, animals or their surroundings.
• It is recommended that, in all areas where there is a likely presence of
unsupervised children who will be unaware of the dangers of electric fencing,
that a suitably rated current limiting device having a resistance of not less
than 500 ohms be connected between the energizer and the electric fence
in this area.
• The appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons
without supervision.
• Young children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with
the appliance.
• Do not place combustible materials near the fence or energizer connections.
In times of extreme fire risk, disconnect energizer.
• Regularly inspect the supply cord and energizer for any damage. If found
damaged in any way, immediately cease use of the energizer and return it to
an Authorised Service Centre for repair in order to avoid a hazard.
• Refer servicing to an Authorised Service Centre.
• Check your local council for specific regulations.
• Energizers with a Standby mode may turn on or off without warning. The
energizer must be disconnected from the mains supply if it needs to be
rendered fully inoperative.
• An electric animal fence shall not be supplied from two separate energizers
or from independent fence circuits of the same energizer.
• For any two separate electric animal fences, each supplied from a separate
energizer independently timed, the distance between the wires of the two
electric animal fences shall be at least 2.5m. If this gap is to be closed, this
shall be effected by means of electrically non-conductive material or an
isolated metal barrier.
• Do not connect two Energizers to the same earth system.
• Barbed wire or razor wire shall not be electrified by an energizer.
• A non-electrified fence incorporating barbed wire or razor wire may be used
to support one or more off-set electrified wires of an electric animal fence.
The supporting devices for the electrified wires shall be constructed so as
to ensure that these wires are positioned at a minimum distance of 150 mm
from the vertical plane of the non-electrified wires. The barbed wire and razor
wire shall be earthed at regular intervals.
• Follow the energizer manufacturer's recommendations regarding earthing.
• The energizer earth electrode should penetrate the ground to a depth
of at least 1 m (3 ft) and not be within 10 m (33 ft) of any power,
telecommunications or other system.
• Use high voltage lead-out cable in buildings to effectively insulate from the
earthed structural parts of the building and where soil could corrode exposed
galvanized wire. Do not use household electrical cable.
• Connecting leads that are run underground shall be run in conduit of
insulating material or else insulated high voltage lead-out cable shall be
used. Care must be taken to avoid damage to the connecting leads due to the
effects of animal hooves or tractor wheels sinking into the ground.
• Connecting leads shall not be installed in the same conduit as the mains
supply wiring, communication cables or data cables.
• Connecting leads and electric animal fence wires shall not cross above
overhead power or communication lines.
• If connected to a mains power circuit that doesn't have a Residual Current
Device (RCD), then a plug-in RCD should always be used.
• Crossings with overhead power lines shall be avoided wherever possible. If
such a crossing cannot be avoided it shall be made underneath the power line
and as nearly as possible at right angles to it.
• If connecting leads and electric animal fence wires are installed near an
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overhead power line, the clearances shall not be less than those shown in
the table following.
Minimum clearances from power lines for electric animal fences
Power line Voltage V
Less than or equal to 1 000
Greater than 1 000 and less than or equal to 33 000
Greater than 33 000
• If connecting leads and electric animal fence wires are installed near an
overhead power line, their height above the ground shall not exceed 3 m.
This height applies either side of the orthogonal projection of the outermost
conductors of the power line on the ground surface, for a distance of:
- 2 m for power lines operating at a nominal voltage not exceeding 1 000 V;
- 15 m for power lines operating at a nominal voltage exceeding 1 000 V.
• Electric animal fences intended for deterring birds, household pet
containment or training animals such as cows need only be supplied from low
output energizers to obtain satisfactory and safe performance.
• In electric animal fences intended for deterring birds from roosting on
buildings, no electric fence wire shall be connected to the energizer earth
electrode. A warning sign shall be fitted to every point where persons may
gain ready access to the conductors.
• Fence wiring should be installed well away from any telephone or telegraph
line or radio aerial.
• Where an electric animal fence crosses a public pathway, a non-electrified
gate shall be incorporated in the electric animal fence at that point or a
crossing by means of stiles shall be provided. At any such crossing, the
adjacent electrified wires shall carry warning signs.
• Any part of an electric animal fence that is installed along a public road
or pathway shall be identified by electric fence warning signs (4002555)
at regular intervals that are securely fastened to the fence posts or firmly
clamped to the fence wires.
• The size of the warning sign shall be at least 100mm x 200mm.
• The background colour of both sides of the warning sign shall be yellow. The
inscription on the sign shall be black and shall be either:
- the substance of "CAUTION: Electric Animal Fence" or,
- the symbol shown:
• The inscription shall be indelible, inscribed on both sides of the warning sign
and have a height of at least 25mm.
• Ensure that all mains operated, ancillary equipment connected to the electric
animal fence circuit provides a degree of isolation between the fence circuit
and the supply mains equivalent to that provided by the energizer.
• Protection from the weather shall be provided for the ancillary equipment
unless this equipment is certified by the manufacturer as being suitable for
use outdoors, and is of a type with a minimum degree of protection IPX4.
This energizer complies with international safety regulations and is
manufactured to international standards.
Elephant reserves the right to make changes without notice to any product
specification to improve reliability, function or design. E & OE.
The author thanks the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
for permission to reproduce Information from its International Publication
60335-2-76 ed.2.0 (2002). All such extracts are copyright of IEC, Geneva,
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