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TS-8900 Functional Test System Site Preparation and Installation Guide
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Site Preparation and Power Requirements
Safety Ground Connection
As the Agilent TS-8900 is connected to the AC mains by means
of a plug/socket connection, a permanent earth ground must be
supplied to reduce the risk of electric shock.
Make a permanent connection from the system rack to
protective earth ground. This connection will serve as a
redundant Protective Earth Connection to the primary
Protective Earth connection, which is part of the AC power
cord. The "Earth (ground) terminal" found at the bottom of the
system rack, see
, should be connected by a wire
separate from the system AC power cord to the Protective Earth
connection at the AC source where the system AC power cord is
connected. The wire must be the same wire size as the
protective conductor of the system AC power cord. The wire
may be either a bare conductor or a green with yellow stripe
insulated conductor.
The redundant Protective Earth connection wire shall have a
correctly sized wire lug on both ends. The wire lugs shall also be
sized to fit the "Earth (ground) terminal” stud or bolt as found
on the system rack and for the Protective Earth connection at
the source end of system AC power cord. In some cases, the
Protective Earth connection at the source end of the system AC
power cord will receive the conductor without a wire lug.
Figure 3-5
Safety Ground Connections
