SAFETYSUMMARY
Thefollowinggeneralsafetyprecautionsmustbeobserved
duringallphasesofoperation,service,andrepairofthis
instrument.Failuretocomplywiththeseprecautionsorwith
specificwarnirtgselsewhereinthismanualviolatessafety
standardsofdesign,manufactures,ar>dintendeduseofthe
instrument.Hewlett-PackardCompanyassumesnoliability
forthecustomer'sfailuretocomplywiththeserequire-
ments.
BeforeApplyingPower
Verifythattheproductissettomatchtheavailableline
voltage.
GroundTheInstrument
Thisproductisa SafetyClassI instrument(providedwith
aprotectiveearthterminal).Tominimizeshockhazard,the
instrumentchassisandcabinetmustbeconnectedtoan
electricalground.Theinstrumentmustbeconnectedtothe
acpowersupplymainsthrougha three-corrductorpower
cable,
withthethirdwirefirmlyconnectedtoanelectrical
grourrd(safetyground)atthepoweroutlet.Anyinterruption
oftheprotective(grounding)conductorordisconnectionof
theprotectiveearthterminalwillcausea potentialshock
hazardthatcouldresultinpersonalinjury.Iftheinstrument
istobeenergizedviaanexternalautotransformerfor
voltagereduction,becertainthattheautotransformer
commonterminalisconnectedtotheneutraKearthedpole)
oftheacpowerlines(supplymains).
DoNotOperateinAnExplosiveAtmosphere
Donotoperatetheinstrumentinthepresenceofflammable
gasesorfumes.
KeepAwayFromLiveCircuits.
Operatingpersonnelmustnotremoveinstrumentcovers.
Componentreplacementandinternaladjustmentsmustbe
madebyqualifiedservicepersonnel.
SafetySymt>ols
A
IwARNIHcj
Instrumentmanualsymbol;the
productwillbemarkedwiththis
symbolwhenitisnecessaryfor
theusertorefertotheinstruction
manual.
Indicateearth(grour>d)terminal.
TheWARNINGsigndenotesa
hazard.
Itcallsattentiontoa proce-
dure,
practice,orthelike,which,if
notcorrectlyperformedoradhered
to,
couldresultinpersonalinjury.
Donotproceedbeyonda WAR-
NINGsignuntiltheindicated
con-
ditionsarefullyunderstocxJand
met.
TheCAUTIONsigndenotesa haza-
rd.
Itcallsattentiontoanoperating
procedure,orthelike,which,ifnot
correctlyperformedoradheredto,
couldresultindamagetoordestru-
ctionofpartoralloftheproduct.
DonotproceedbeyondCAUTION
signuntiltheindicatedconditions
arefullyunderstoodandmet.
GENERALINFORMATION
Description
Thisoperatingandservicemanualcoversthreedualrange
HPpowersupplies,E3610A,E3611A,andE3612A.All
modelsarecompact,generalpurposebenchsuppliesthat
areparticulariyusefulforpoweringdevelopmentalIC
circuits,bothlinearanddigital.Unlessstatedotherwise,all
informationinthismanualappliesequallytoallthree
models.Thedesiredoutputrangeisselectedbythefront
panelRANGEpushbutton.Theoutputcanbecontinuously
adjustedforvoltageandcurrentthroughouteitheroutput
range.
ThefrontpanelVOLTAGEcontrolcanbeusedtoestablish
thevoltagelimitwhenthesupplyisusedasa constant
currentsourcearrdtheCURRENTcontrolcanbeusedto
establishtheoutputcurrentlimitwhenthesupplyisusedas
aconstantvoltagesource.TheCCSETpushbuttonallows
thecurrentlimitvaluetobeconvenientlysetusingthe
CURRENTcontrolwithoutshortingtheoutput.
Thefrontpanelincludesa digitalvoltmeter/ammeter.
A3 1/2digit(E3611A3 digit)voltagedisplayand3 digit
currentdisplayaccuratelyshowtheoutputvoltageand
currentrespectively.Theoutputratingsforeachmodelare
shownintheSpecificationsTable.
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