Safety Tips
Chapter 1 Safety Tips
1.1 General Safety Summary
Read the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any
products connected to it. To evade potential hazards, use this product only as specified.
Only qualified personnel should perform maintenance.
Avoid fire or personal injury.
Use suitable power cord.
Use only the power cord specified for this product and certified for the
country of use.
Connect and disconnect properly.
Connect a probe with the oscilloscope before it is connected
to measured circuits; disconnect the probe from the oscilloscope after it is disconnected from
measured circuits.
Ground the product.
This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power
cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before
making connections to the input or output terminals of the product, ensure that the product is
properly grounded.
Connect the probe in a right way.
The probe ground lead is at ground potential. Do not connect
the ground lead to an elevated voltage.
Check all terminal ratings.
To avoid fire or shock hazard, check all ratings and markings on the
product. Refer to the product manual for detailed information about ratings before making
connections to the product.
Do not operate without covers.
Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed.
Avoid exposed circuitry.
Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is
present.
Do not operate with suspected failures.
If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it
inspected by qualified service personnel.
Assure good ventilation.
Do not operate in wet/damp environments.
Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere.
Keep product surfaces clean and dry.
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