Safety Notes
Microscope Illuminator
Carl Zeiss
Notes on use
HBO 50
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M60-2-0014 e 05/2012
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Notes on use
While in operation, the burner of the
HBO 50 is under high pressure and may
only be operated with the microscope
illuminator housing being closed!
The light of the HBO 50 short-arc illuminator is
of very high intensity and contains high portions
of UV light:
Never look directly into the light beam
of the illuminator – neither with nor
without optical instruments! Non-
compliance with this safety note may
result in the risk of eye damages!
You should absolutely avoid looking
directly into the light and direct light
incidence upon the skin.
While the illuminator is on, little amounts of the
harmful ozone gas are produced by UV
radiation.
Take care that the operating room is supplied
with fresh air, or ozone is conducted into the
open air through an exhaust fan.
Only authorized and instructed personnel or
Carl Zeiss Service are allowed to replace and
align the burner following all warnings and
instructions given!
The illuminator heats up while in operation.
Do not touch the illuminator while it is on. Do
not cover the ventilation slots of the illuminator
to allow free escape of hot air.
Make sure to switch off the illuminator and
keep a cool-down period of at least 20 minutes
before taking off the illuminator. Hold the
illuminator on its cover, not on its cooling fins.
These ones could be specially hot.
Protect the HBO 50 Microscope Illuminator and
its burner from shocks and jolts as well as
humidity.
Only connect the illuminator power supply to a
power outlet with a grounding contact.
The power supply unit may only be opened by
Carl Zeiss Service or authorized specialists.
Disconnect the power cable before opening!
