ARRI arrilux 400 lighthouse, Operating Instructions Manual

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Important Safety Instructions
ATTENTION!
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Important Safety Instructions
GENERAL NOTES
¡
For your own safety,
please follow all safety
instructions and warnings
before you power on
either lamphead or bal-
last.
¡
Please also follow
the operating instruc-
tions of the lamp manu-
facturer.
¡
Ballasts and lamp-
head are intended for
professional use on
stage and in TV, movie
and photographic stu-
dios only. They are not
suitable for general pur-
pose lighting applica-
tions.
¡
Use original ARRI
spare parts and original
ARRI accessories only
(except for light banks).
Spare parts and/or
accessories manufac-
tured by third parties
may result in the
inoperability of safety
functions and thus may
lead to damage of the
equipment or even per-
sonal injury.
¡
Please keep all
operating instructions in
a safe place and pass
copies on to users. Hand
over all operating
instructions with the
product when selling it.
SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
¡
Danger: High Volt-
age! Switch off ballast
and disconnect
lamphead from ballast
before relamping.
¡
Danger: Electric
Shock! The protection
rate (IP-rating) of
lamphouse, front housing
and lighthouse is stated
on the related labels. If
not stated, part com-
plies with IP20.
Lamphead will only be
compliant with IP23
when all single parts
comply with IP23.
¡
Caution! If an
ARRILUX 400
POCKET
PAR
or ARRILUX
400 POCKET
LITE
is
pointed straight
upwards, lamphead will
only comply with IP23
by properly installing
either a lens, a CTO or
a protective ring IP23
(see page 6).
¡
Caution! When using
a Lighthouse 400
frosted, lamphead will
only comply with IP23 if
additionally either a
Lighthouse 400 shutter
or a closed light bank is
installed properly.
¡
Danger: Electric
Shock! Ballasts comply
with IP21 (see Technical
Data of ballasts, p 73. ).
Always protect ballasts
and lampheads against
rain or general moisture
and never operate them
under water.
¡
Danger: Electric
Shock!
Never open bal-
lasts. Repairs may only
be carried through by a
qualified technician or
by ARRI Service (see
page 99).
¡
Danger: Explosion!
Do not operate
lamphead or ballast in
hazardous environments
(like e.g. close to flam-
mable liquids or in
places that are or might
be filled with flammable
gas).
¡
Danger: Hot Lamp!
Allow lamp to cool down
sufficiently before
relamping.
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Danger: Glass Frag-
ments! The front housing
has to be removed for
relamping. In doing so,