
PrimeTest 300
Operating
Instructions
2.0 Safety Notes
This PrimeTest 300 has been built and tested in
accordance with:
BS EN 61010-1: 2001.
BS EN 61557 part 1, 2, 4 and 10.
The PrimeTest 300 has left the factory in a perfectly
safe state. To maintain this state and ensure safe
operation of the unit, all notes and warnings in these
instructions must be observed at all times.
This instrument may be used on electrical circuits
which comply to over voltage category II.
Attention! During Insulation Resistance tests high
voltage levels occur within the PrimeTest 300.
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The tester and all associated cables and leads
must be checked for signs of damage before
ent is operated.
Where safe operation of the tester is no longer possible
it should be immediately shut down and secured to
prevent accidental operation.
It must be assumed that safe operation is no longer
possible:
- if the instrument or leads show visible signs of damage
or
- the instrument does not function or
- after long periods of storage under adverse
environmental conditions.
Important:
- Do not operate the PrimeTest 300 in an
plosive gas or dust environment.
- Do not touch the bare tip of the measuring lead.
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