Safety Information - Rothenbuhler Engineering 1678 REMOTE FIRING DEVICE Operation Manual

The following are WARNINGS and CAUTIONS, contained throughout this manual and
are repeated here for emphasis. All personnel engaged in the handling, firing, and
storage of the system covered in this manual must fully understand these WARNINGS
and CAUTIONS, and procedures by which hazardous conditions are to be reduced or
eliminated. Also listed are general safety precautions that are not related to any specific
procedures and therefore don't appear elsewhere in this publication. These are
recommended precautions that personnel must understand and apply during many
phases of operation and maintenance.
Never rely on the equipment for your safety.
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Use of this system and its components must be restricted to personnel
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qualified and experienced in the field of explosives and detonating devices. Under no
circumstances shall untrained personnel attempt to use this manual as a text for self-
teaching.
This system and its components should be stored in a secure area with
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no access to unauthorized personnel. This system can be used in conjunction with
explosives as a deadly weapon.
These radios contain batteries. The potential for activation is always
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present whether or not antennas are attached to the units.
Employ standard blasting system safety standards when using this
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equipment with explosives.
Lightning induced energy, caused by electrical storms, can detonate
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explosives. In the interest of safety, blasting on land, water and underground should be
suspended and all personnel should be evacuated to a safe distance from the blast
area whenever lightning storms are in the vicinity. Dangerous levels of static electricity
can build up in the atmosphere. These levels can be sufficient to detonate explosives.
Radio frequency energy of sufficient magnitude can cause blasting
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caps to detonate.
To eliminate long wire runs, and to make the "shoot" from a safe
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distance, the Remote Firing Device uses low energy level radio frequency
transmissions.
Do not connect a blasting cap to a Remote Unit unless the green
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SAFE light is on, the red ARMED light is off, and the yellow ON/LOW BATT light is on
steady. This indicates there is no voltage on the binding posts, the binding posts are
electically isolated from the firing capacitor, the binding posts are shunted to each other,
and the battery is not low.

SAFETY INFORMATION

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