Chapter 2: Installation; For All Installations; Safety Overview; Safety Precautions - Landis+Gyr Gridstream RF Series IV Installation And User Manual

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Installation

For All Installations

Proper planning and thorough preparation are critical to successful installation of the Landis+Gyr
Gridstream RF Series IV Mesh Extender (Extender).

Safety Overview

Prior to starting the installation process, you must develop and launch an installer safety training
plan for initial, refresher and ongoing safety training. Ensure that installers receive appropriate initial
and refresher training to meet their specific safety-related responsibilities. You must provide safety
training when:
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The installation supervisory team assumes responsibility for ensuring that installers are properly
trained, authorized, and continually qualified to perform their work. The team must also take
responsibility for the safety of their installers and to assure safe work methodologies. Installers must
understand that their supervisor's responsibility does not relieve them from their individual
responsibility to perform the work safely and to follow all safety rules and procedures applicable to
their work

Safety Precautions

Each individual utility will have its own interpretation of local codes and regulations governing the
installation and placement of equipment on a power distribution pole. The utility or municipality
determines the final guidelines of where to install the . Know and follow the utility or municipality
guidelines before installing the Extender.
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WARNING: Follow all local safety precautions for working around high voltage lines.
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CAUTION: Follow all FCC regulations for placement of the Extender on the pole.
Installation and User Guide
An existing installer assumes new duties for which he or she has not previously received
training.
New processes and methodologies representing new risks are introduced into the installation
environment.
Previously unidentified risks are reported
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