Alcatel-Lucent 1643 AMS Installation Manual page 27

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Overview
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Purpose
The aim of this chapter on safety is to provide users of 1642 AM and 1643 AMS
systems with the relevant information and safety guidelines to safeguard against
personal injury. Furthermore, this chapter may be useful to prevent material damage to
the equipment.
The present chapter on safety must be read by the responsible technical personnel
before carrying out relevant work on the system. The valid version of this document
must always be kept close to the equipment.
Potential sources of danger
The 1642 AM and 1643 AMS systems have been developed in line with the present
state-of-the-art and fulfils the current national and international safety requirements.
They are provided with a high degree of operational safety resulting from many years
of development experience and continuous stringent quality checks in our company.
The equipment is safe in normal operation. There are, however, some potential sources
of danger that cannot be completely eliminated. In particular, these arise during the:
• opening of housings or equipment covers,
• manipulation of any kind within the equipment, even if it has been disconnected
from the power supply,
• disconnection of optical or electrical connections,
• installation or removal of SFPs,
through possible contact with the following:
• live parts,
• laser light,
• hot surfaces, or
• sharp edges.
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365-312-802R7.2
Issue 4, June 2007
Alcatel-Lucent - Proprietary
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