General Safety Notes; First Contact With The Device; Before Switching On The Device; If Service Work Is Performed - Leica DM2700 M Service Manual

8 General Safety Notes

8.1 First Contact with the Device

8 General Safety Notes
The safety notes are intended for your protection. You should observe them without fail.
You will find the safety notes:
• in this service manual
• in the corresponding operating manual
• as safety labels on the device
• in included instructions and safety data sheets, e.g. for additional auxiliary
devices
8.1 First Contact with the Device
• Make sure that the device is free of hazardous substances and infectious agents.
This applies particularly to devices in biological-medical research labs.
• Make sure that all safety features are ready to operate. Safety features that have
been disabled, damaged or modified can cause severe injury to the eye or other
parts of the body or property damage.
• Make sure that missing or damaged safety labels are immediately attached at the
described locations.
• Do not place any combustible or flammable objects near hot surfaces.

8.2 Before Switching on the Device

• Keep your hands away from the microscope's specimen area, both before
starting the device and when it is already in use. There is a risk of injury from
rotating objectives and the motorized specimen stage.
• Make sure that the device is completely dry before connecting it to the power
supply or turning it on.
• If country-specific: Only use grounded outlets. The protective effect must not be
nullified by using an extension cable without a protective conductor.
• Do not unplug the device or individual components unless the device is de-
energized.
• With an inverted microscope: Tilt the illumination arm back so that the motorized
specimen stage cannot cause any damage to the condenser, objective or
specimen during the initialization.

8.3 If Service Work Is Performed

• Avoid creasing, bending, crushing, tightly coiling, or in any other way damaging
the cables and cooling tubes.
• Ensure that the customer has backed up his or her existing data.
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