MR TAPCON 230 basic, Operating Instructions Manual

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5 Mounting
52 TAPCON® 230 basic 2117246/02 EN © Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen 2012
 overvoltage protection (lightning protection)
 collective grounding (main grounding rail)
 cable bushings in accordance with EMC requirements
 any contactor coils present must be interconnected
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The connection cables must be laid in contact with the grounded metal
housing or in metallic cable ducts with a ground connection.
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Signal and power/switching lines should be laid in separate cable ducts.
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The device is grounded using the grounding screw fitted to the outside of
the housing with a line lead (cross-section min. 4 mm²) (see diagram be-
low). The device's ground connection is a functional ground and serves to
dissipate interfering currents.
Figure 21 Ground connection on outside of device