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Operating Manual
PROFIPOL
Before using the PROFIPOL
ceed as follows: Please read the operating manual
and absolutely ob serve the safety instructions!
Table of Contents
1. Safety instructions
2. Device description
3. Functional test
4. Checking the absence of voltage of an installa-
tion
5. External conductor test (phase indication)
6. Continuity test
7. Cable break detector
8. Battery replacement
9. Technical data
10. General maintenance
11. Environmental protection
1. Safety instructions
- During the use, touch the tester at the insulated
handles 5 and 6 only and do not touch the
probe tips 2 and 3 !
- Check the voltage tester for correct functioning
immedi ately before and after using it in order to
ensure the ab sence of voltage of an installation
(see section 3). Do not use the voltage tester, if
one or more indications are not working or if it
does not seem to be ready for operation! Please
repeat the test with another voltage tester after-
wards.
- With the battery being exhausted, the voltage
tester is not fully functional! Two-pole voltage tests
by means of the LED step indicator 9 are also
possible without batteries.
- The voltage tester must be used only within the
stated nominal voltage range and in electrical
installations of up to 690 V AC/DC!
- The voltage tester must be used only in electric
circuits of overvoltage category CAT III with max.
600 V or over voltage category CAT II with max.
690 V for phase-to-earth measurements.
- Do not operate the device with the battery com-
partment being open.
- The voltage tester is designed for being used by
qualified electricians and electrotechnically trained
persons as well as under safe working conditions.
- The LED step indicator is intended for indicating
the volt age range. It is not intended for measuring
purposes.
- Creating a voltage tester for more than 30 sec-
onds volt age (maximum duty cycle = 30 s)!
- Do not dismantle the voltage tester!
- The voltage tester must be protected against
contamina tion and damaging of the housing sur-
face.
- To protect them against damaging, provide the
probe tips with the enclosed probe tip protector 1
after using the voltage tester!
- Please observe that the impedance (internal
resistance) of the voltage tester influences the
indication of interference voltages (capacitively or
inductively induced)!
Depending on the internal impedance of the voltage
detector, there will be a different capability of indicating
the presence or absence of operating voltage in case
of the presence of interference voltage.
Low-impedance voltage tester (impedance < 100 kΩ),
interference voltage is suppressed or reduced:
A voltage tester of relatively low internal impedance,
compared to the reference value of 100 kΩ, will not
indicate all interference voltages having an original
voltage value above the ELV level (50 V AC/120 V
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DC). When in contact with the parts to be tested, the
voltage tester may discharge temporarily the interfe-
rence voltage to a level below the ELV, but it will be
back to the original value when the voltage tester is
removed.
When the indication "voltage present" does not
appear, it is highly recommended to install earthing
equipment before starting work.
High-impedance voltage tester (impedance >
100 kΩ): Interference voltage will not be suppressed
or reduced:
A voltage tester of relatively high internal impedance,
compared to the reference value of 100 kΩ, may not
permit to clearly indicate the absence of operating vol-
tage in case of presence of interference voltage. When
the indication "voltage present" appears on a part that
is expected to be disconnected from the installation, it
is highly recommended to confirm by another means
(e.g. use of an adequate voltage tester capable of
distinguishing between operating voltages and interfe-
rence voltages, visual inspection of the disconnecting
point of the electric circuit, etc.) that there is no opera-
ting voltage on the part to be tested and to conclude
that the voltage indicated by the voltage tester is an
interference voltage.
Voltage testers capable of distinguishing between
operating voltage and interference voltage by
means of load connection:
A voltage tester stating two values of internal impe-
dance has passed a performance test of managing
interference voltages and is (within technical limits)
able to distinguish operating voltage from interference
voltage and has a means to directly or indirectly indi-
cate which type of voltage is present.
Symbols on the device:
Symbol
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2. Device description (figure A)
1 Probe tip protector
2 Probe tip - (negative)
3 Probe tip + (positive)
4 Sensor of the cable break detector
5 Handle
6 Display handle
7 Battery compartment
8 Red LED  ( for external conductor test (phase
indication)
9 LED step indicator
J +/- LEDs of the polarity indication
K Yellow LED Ω for continuity test/cable break
detector
3. Functional test (figure B)
- Check the voltage tester for correct functioning
immediately before and after using it!
- Short-circuit the probe tips 2 and 3 to check the
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Meaning
Important documentation!
The symbol indicates that the guide
described in the manual, to avoid any
risks
Device or equipment for working under
voltage
Alternating voltage (AC)
Direct voltage (DC)
Direct and alternating voltage (DC/AC)
Earth (voltage to ground)
This symbol shows the orientation of the
batter ies for inserting them with correct
polarity
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