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INM9189 Rev 4
GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION
Safety instructions for installation and operating personnel
The operating instructions provided here contain essential safety instructions for installation personnel and
those engaged in the operation, maintenance and servicing of the equipment.
WARNING ! / AVERTISSEMENT
Failure to comply with these instructions can endanger the lives or health of personnel and risk damage to
the plant and the environment.
Ne pas se conformer à ces instructions peut mettre en danger la vie ou la santé du personnel et faire
encourir des préjudices à l’usine et à l’environnement.
WARNING ! / AVERTISSEMENT
The responsibility for planning, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance, particularly with
respect to applications in explosion-hazard areas, lies with the plant operator.
La responsabilité de la planification, de l’installation, de la première mise en service, de l’exploitation et
de l’entretien, en particulier en ce qui concerne les applications dans des secteurs présentant un danger
d’explosion, relève de l’exploitant de l’installation.
WARNING ! / AVERTISSEMENT
EXPLOSION HAZARD - Substitution of components may impair suitability for Class 1, Division 2.
RISQUE D’EXPLOSION - La substitution de composants peut rendre ce materiel inacceptable pour les
emplacements de Classe 1, Division 2.
WARNING ! / AVERTISSEMENT
EXPLOSION HAZARD - Do not disconnect equipment unless power has been switched off or the area is
known to be non-hazardous.
RISQUE D’EXPLOSION - Avant de deconnecter l’equipment, couper le courant ou s’assurer que
l’emplacement est designe non dangereux.
Before commencing installation or commissioning:
• Read and understand the contents of this manual and the related product datasheet
• Ensure installation and operating personnel have received adequate training for this task
• Ensure that any operating instructions are fully understood by the personnel responsible.
• Observe national and local installation and mounting regulations.
WARNING ! / AVERTISSEMENT
These assemblies may not be used in explosion-hazard area applications if they, or any component part,
have been used previously in general electrical installations.
Ces ensembles ne peuvent pas être utilisés dans les applications pour zones à risque d’explosion s’ils, ou
n’importe quel composant, ont été employés précédemment dans des installations d’électricité générale.
During operation:
Make the relevant instructions available at all times to the operating personnel.
• Observe safety instructions.
• Observe national safety and accident prevention regulations.
• Operate the equipment within its published specification.
• Servicing, maintenance work or repairs not described in this manual must not be performed without prior
agreement with the manufacturer.
• No changes to any of the components that might impair their explosion protection are permitted.
If any information provided here is not clear:
Contact Eaton’s MTL product line or one of its representatives.
Note: Improper installation and operation of the assembly can result in the invalidation of the guarantee.
Note: For US and Canada: This equipment is suitable for use in Class 1, Division 2, Groups A, B, C, D and Class
1, Zone 2, Group IIC or Non-Hazardous locations only.