Safety Information - VOLTCRAFT VLP-1303 OVP Mode D'emploi

6. SAFETY INFORMATION

The guarantee/warranty will expire if damage is incurred resulting from non-compliance with
these operating instructions. We do not assume any liability for consequential damage!
We do not assume any liability for property damage and personal injury caused by improper
use or non-compliance with the safety instructions! In such cases the warranty/guarantee will
expire.
Dear Customer,
this safety information serves not only to protect the product, but also your own safety and the safety of
other persons. Therefore, read this chapter very carefully before taking the product into operation!
This lab mains adapter left the manufacturer's factory in a safe and perfect condition.
To maintain this condition and ensure safe operation, the user must observe the safety information and
warning notes in these operating instructions.
• The unauthorized conversion and/or modification of the product is prohibited for safety and approval
reasons (CE).
• The lab mains adapter corresponds to protection category I. It is only approved for connection to an
earthed mains socket (230 V/50 Hz). Ensure that the earth connection is not defective/interrupted. It
would .pose fatal danger in case of malfunction.
• The product is not a toy and must be kept out of the reach of children.
Children cannot judge the dangers involved when handling electrical devices. Children may also
change settings or push objects into the mains adapter's ventilation slits. There is danger to life from
electric shock! Therefore, always operate the product out of the reach of children.
• The lab mains adapter must only be set up and operated in dry, closed indoor rooms. It must not get
damp or wet. The mains adapter also must not be exposed to extreme temperatures, direct sunlight,
vibration or mechanical stress.
• Only operate the lab mains adapter in moderate climate, never in tropical climate. For more
information on acceptable environmental conditions, see the chapter „Technical Data".
• Choose a solid, flat, clean and sufficiently large surface for the lab mains adapter.
• Do not use any open fire in direct proximity to the lab mains adapter and do not place any containers
with liquids on or next to the lab mains adapter.
• If the lab mains adapter is taken from a cold into a warm room, condensation may form. This poses a
risk of potentially fatal electrical shock. Therefore, allow the lab mains adapter to reach room
temperature before connecting it to mains voltage or operating it.
• Before taking the lab mains adapter into operation and during operation, ensure that your hands,
shoes, clothes, the floor and the device itself are dry.
• Disconnect the lab mains adapter's mains plug from the mains socket during thunderstorms to
prevent damage from overvoltage.
• Ensure that the insulation of the lab mains adapter, the safety sockets, connected cables and mains
cable is not damaged or destroyed. Do not use blank metal conductors.
• Use connection cables of sufficient size with intact insulation.
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