Laser Warning And Safety - ADJ Startec Series User Manual

LASER WARNINGS AND SAFETY
NON-INTERLOCKED HOUSING WARNING
This device contains high power laser devices. Do not open the laser housing, as doing so may re-
sult in exposure to unsafe levels of laser radiation. Without the protective housing in place, the laser
power levels can cause instant blindness, skin burns, and fires.
STOP AND READ ALL LASER SAFETY DATA OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS AND LASER SAFETY
The light source emitted from this product can potentially cause eye injury if not set up and used
properly. The light source emitted from a laser is very different from any other light sources that you
may have had experience with. Laser light is thousands of times more concentrated than light from
any other kind of light source. This concentration of light can cause instant eye injuries, primarily by
burning the retina (the back of your eyeball containing cells that are sensitive to light). Even if you
cannot feel "heat" from a laser beam, it still has the potential to injure or blind you or your audience.
Even very small amounts of laser beam light are potentially hazardous, even at long distances. Laser
eye injuries can be sustained faster than you can blink.
Although this device splits the laser beam into hundreds of beams and the laser beam is scanned
out at high speed, EVEN A SINGLE, INDIVIDUAL LASER BEAM IS NOT SAFE FOR EYE EXPO-
SURE. This laser uses dozens of milliwatts of laser power (Class 3B levels internally) before it splits
into multiple beams (Class 3R levels). Many of the individual beams are potentially hazardous to the
eyes.
THE FACT THAT THE LASER IS IN MOTION DOES NOT MEAN THAT IS IS SAFE. Furthermore,
the laser beams are not always in motion. Since eye injuries can occur instantly, it is critical to pre-
vent even the smallest possibility of any direct eye exposure.
SAFETY REGULATIONS STATE CLEARLY THAT IT IS ILLEGAL TO AIM CLASS 3R LASERS AT
AREAS WHERE PEOPLE COULD POTENTIALLY BE EXPOSED. This is true even if it is aimed be-
low people's faces, such as on a dance floor.
DO NOT OPERATE THE LASER WITHOUT FIRST READING AND UNDERSTANDING ALL SAFE-
TY AND TECHNICAL DATA IN THIS MANUAL.
Always set up and install all laser effects so that all laser light is aimed at least 3 meters (9.8 feet)
above the floor where people may be standing.
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