Maintenance
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9
Maintenance
9.1
Maintenance work
9.1.1
Before performing maintenance
• Exercise due caution when working with flammable liquid tanks. Allow flammable
liquids plenty of time to diffuse before performing maintenance (see table below).
• When working with flammable liquid tanks, wear anti-static clothing, safety shoes
and gloves.
• Perform maintenance in the presence of a safety supervisor.
Conductivity
Flammable
of charging
liquid
material
(example)
(S/m)
-8
10
or higher
Acetic acid
Ethanol
Ethyl chloride
Methanol
Light oil
10
to 10
-8
Vinyl acetate
-12
Toluene
Benzene
Gasoline
-14
-12
10
to 10
Methyl
cyclohexane
10
-14
or lower
Carbon
tetrachloride
Volume of charging material (m3)
10 or less
10 to 50
1 minute or longer
1 minute or longer
2 minutes or longer
3 minutes or longer
4 minutes or longer
5 minutes or longer
10 minutes or longer
10 minutes or longer
50 m³
10 m³
3.6
(11.81)
2.5
(8.2)
Unit of
measurement mm (in)
Unit of
measurement mm (in)
Float level gauge LT5
50 to 5000
5000 or
more
1 minute or
1 minute or
longer
longer
10 minutes
30 minutes
or longer
or longer
60 minutes
120
or longer
minutes or
longer
120
240
minutes or
minutes or
longer
longer
5000 m³
17.84
(58.53)
Unit of
measurement mm (in)
Endress+Hauser
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