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Installation Safety
WARNING: INSTALLATION OF THIS PRODUCT NEAR POWER LINES IS
DANGEROUS! FOR YOUR SAFETY, FOLLOW THE ENCLOSED
INSTALLATION DIRECTIONS. THOUGH THIS ANTENNA IS CONSTRUCTED
OF INSULATED WIRE, PROPER CARE MUST
BE TAKEN DURING INSTALLATION. INSTALLER ASSUMES ALL LIABILITY
FOR PROPERTY AND LIFE SAFETY.
YOU, YOUR ANTENNA, AND SAFETY
Each year, hundreds of people are killed, mutilated, or receive severe and
permanent injuries when attempting to install an antenna. In many of these
cases, the victim was aware of the danger of electrocution, but did not take
adequate steps to avoid the hazard. For your safety, and to help you achieve a
good installation, please
READ
and
FOLLOW
the safety precautions below.
THEY MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE!
1. If you are installing an antenna for the first time, please, for your own safety as
well as others, seek PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.
2. Select your installation site with safety, as well as performance, in mind.
(Detailed information in Site Selection appears in a separate section of this
booklet.)
REMEMBER:
ELECTRIC POWER LINES AND PHONE LINES LOOK
ALIKE. FOR YOUR SAFETY, ASSUME THAT ANY OVERHEAD LINES CAN
KILL YOU.
3. Call your electric power company. Tell them your plans and ask them to come
take a look at your proposed installation. This is a small inconvenience,
considering
YOUR LIFE IS AT STAKE.
4. Plan your installation procedure carefully and completely
before
you begin.
Successful raising of a mast or tower is largely a matter of coordination. Each
person should be assigned a specific task, and should know what to do and
when to do it. One person should be designated as the leader/coordinator of the
operation to call out instructions and watch for signs of trouble.
5. When installing your antenna,
REMEMBER: DO NOT USE A METAL
LADDER. DO NOT WORK ON A WET OR WINDY DAY. DO DRESS
PROPERLY:
shoes with rubber soles and heels, rubber gloves, long sleeved
shirt or jacket.
6. If the assembly starts to drop, get away from it and let it fall. Remember, the
antenna, mast, cable and metal guy wires are all excellent conductors of
electrical current. Even the slightest touch of any of these parts to a power line
completes an electrical path through the antenna and the installer –
THAT’S
YOU!
7. If ANY PART of the antenna system should come in contact with a power line,
DON’T TOUCH IT OR TRY TO REMOVE IT YOURSELF. CALL YOUR LOCAL
POWER COMPANY.
They will remove it safely. If an accident should occur with
the power lines, call for qualified emergency help
IMMEDIATELY.
