Safety Section; Health And Safety; Installing, Commissioning And Servicing - GE BA300 Commissioning Instructions

This Safety Section should be read before commencing any work on the
equipment.

Health and safety

The information in the Safety Section of this manual is intended to ensure that
products are properly installed and handled in order to maintain them in a safe
condition. It is assumed that everyone who will be associated with the equipment
will be familiar with the contents of the Safety Section.
Explanation of symbols and labels
The meaning of symbols and labels which may be used on the equipment or in the
product documentation, is given below.
Caution: refer to product documentation
*Note: The term earth used throughout the product documentation is the direct
equivalent of the North American term 'ground'.

Installing, Commissioning and Servicing

Equipment connections
Personnel undertaking installation, commissioning or servicing work on this
equipment should be aware of the correct working procedures to ensure safety.
The product documentation should be consulted before installing, commissioning
or servicing the equipment.
Terminals exposed during installation, commissioning and maintenance may
present a hazardous live voltage unless the equipment is electrically isolated.
If there is unlocked access to the rear of the equipment, care should be taken by
all personnel to avoid electric shock or energy hazards.
Voltage and output connections should be made using insulated crimp terminations
to ensure that terminal block insulation requirements are maintained for safety.
To ensure that wires are correctly terminated, the correct crimp terminal and tool
for the wire size should be used.
Before energising the equipment it must be earthed using the protective earth
terminal. The recommended minimum earth wire size is 1.0 mm
disconnecting the equipment earth may cause a safety hazard.

SAFETY SECTION

Protective/safety *earth terminal
Functional *earth terminal. Note: this symbol may also be
used for a protective/safety earth terminal if that terminal is
part of a terminal block or sub assembly eg. power supply.
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