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SAFETY SUMMARY
The following general safety precautions must be observed
during all phases of operation, service, and repair of this
instrument. Failure to comply with these precautions or with
specific warnings elsewhere in this manual violates safety
standards of design, manufacture, and intended use of the
instrument. Agilent Technologies assumes no liability for the
customer’s failure to comply with these requirements.
Before Applying Power
Verify that the product is set to match the available line
voltage.
Ground The Instrument.
This product is a Safety Class I instrument (provided with a
protective earth terminal). To minimize shock hazard, the
instrument chassis and cabinet must be connected to an
electrical ground. The instrument must be connected to the
ac power supply mains through a three-conductor power
cable, with the third wire firmly connected to an electrical
ground (safety ground) at the power outlet. Any interruption of
the protective(grounding) conductor or disconnection of the
protective earth terminal will cause a potential shock hazard
that could result in personal injury. If the instrument is to be
energized via an external autotransformer for voltage reduc-
tion, be certain that the autotransformer common terminal is
connected to the neutral (earthed pole) of the ac power lines
(supply mains).
Do Not Operate In An Explosive Atmosphere
Do not operate the instrument in the presence of flammable
gases or fumes.
Regulatory Information for Canada
This ISM device complies with Canadian ICES-001.
Cet appareil ISM est conforme à la norme NMB-001 du Can-
ada.
KEEP AWAY FROM LIVE CIRCUITS.
Operating personnel must not remove instrument covers.
Component replacement and internal adjustments must be
made by qualified service personnel. Do not replace compo-
nents with power cable connected. Under certain conditions,
dangerous voltages may exist even with the power cable
removed. To avoid injuries, always disconnect power, dis-
charge circuits and remove external voltage sources before
touching components.
SAFETY SYMBOLS
Instruction manual symbol; the
product will be marked with this
symbol when it is necessary for
the user to refer to the instruction
manual.
Indicate earth(ground) terminal.
The WARNING sign denotes a
hazard. It calls attention to a proce-
dure, practice, or the like, which, if
not correctly performed or adhered
to, could result in personal injury.
Do not proceed beyond a WARN-
ING sign until the indicated con-
ditions are fully understood and
met.
The CAUTION sign denotes a haz-
ard. It calls attention to an operating
procedure, or the like, which, if not
correctly performed or adhered to,
could result in damage to or destruc-
tion of part or all of the product. Do
not proceed beyond CAUTION sign
until the indicated conditions are fully
understood and met.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Description
This operating and service manual covers three dual range
Agilent power supplies, E3610A, E3611A, and E3612A. All
models are compact, general purpose bench supplies that
are particularly useful for powering developmental IC circuits,
both linear and digital. Unless stated otherwise, all informa-
tion in this manual applies equally to all three models. The
desired output range is selected by the front panel RANGE
push button. The output can be continuously adjusted for volt-
age and current throughout either output range.
The front panel VOLTAGE control can be used to establish
the voltage limit when the supply is used as a constant cur-
rent source and the CURRENT control can be used to estab-
lish the output current limit when the supply is used as a
constant voltage source. The CC SET push button allows the
current limit value to be conveniently set using the CURRENT
control without shorting the output.
The front panel includes a digital voltmeter/ammeter. A 3 1/2
digit (E3611A 3 digit) voltage display and 3 digit current dis-
play accurately show the output voltage and current respec-
tively. The output ratings for each model are shown in the
Specifications Table.
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