Umbrosa Etna, Manual

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Electrical conductivity
Magnets are made of metal and conduct electricity.
Children might try to put magnets into a power outlet
and thereby suffer from an electric shock. Magnets are
not toys! Make sure that children don’t play with magnets.
Contusions
Big magnets have a very strong attractive force.
• Unsafe handling could cause jamming of fingers
or skin in between magnets.
This may lead to contusions and bruises.
• Powerful, very large magnets could cause bone
fractures. Wear heavy protective gloves when
handling larger magnets.
Pacemaker
Magnets could affect the functioning of pacemakers
and implanted heart defibrillators.
• A pacemaker could switch into test mode and cause illness.
• A heart defibrillator may stop working.
• If you wear these devices keep sufficient distance
to magnets.
• Warn others who wear these devices from getting
too close to magnets.
Heavy objects
Too heavy loads, symptoms of fatigue as well as material
defect, could cause a magnet or magnetic hook to loosen
from the surface that it was attached to.
Falling objects could lead to serious injuries.
• The indicated adhesive force applies only to ideal
conditions. Allow for a high safety cushion.
• Don’t use magnets in places where people could
sustain injuries in case of material failure.
Magnetic field
Magnets produce a far-reaching, strong magnetic
field. They could damage TVs and laptops, computer
hard drives, credit and ATM cards, data storage media,
mechanical watches, hearing aids and speakers.
• Keep magnets away from devices and objects
that could be damaged by strong magnetic fields.
• Please refer to our table of recommended distances:
www.supermagnete.ch/eng/faq/distance
Airfreight
Magnetic fields of improperly packaged magnets
could influence airplane navigation devices.
In the worst case it could lead to an accident.
• Airfreight magnets only in packaging with sufficient
magnetic shielding.
• Please refer to the respective regulations:
www.supermagnete.ch/eng/faq/airfreight
Postage
Magnetic fields of improperly packaged magnets
could cause disturbances in sorting machines and
damage fragile goods in other packages.
• Please refer to our shipping tips.
• Use a large box and place the magnet in the middle
surrounded by lots of padding material.
• Arrange magnets in a package in a way that the
magnetic fields neutralize each other.
• If necessary, use sheet iron to shield the
magnetic field.
• There are stricter rules for airfreight:
Refer to the warning notice ‘’Airfreight’’.
ADVICE FOR THE SAFE HANDLING OF SUPER MAGNETS