
PREPARATIONFORUSE
SAFETY
Beforeconnectingtheinstrumenttoa powersource,care-
fullyreadthefollowinginformation,theverifythatthe
properpowercordisusedandtheproperlinefuseisin-
stalledforpowersource.Ifthepowersourceisnotap-
pliedtoyourproduct,contactyourdealer.Ifthepower
cordisnotappliedforspecifiedvoltage,thereisalwaysa
certainamountofdangerfromelectricshock.
Linevoltage
Thisinstrumentoperatesusingac-powerinputvoltages
that90Vto264Vatfrequenciesfrom45Hzto400Hz.
Powercord
Thegroundwireofthe3-wireacpowerplugplacesthe
chassisandhousingoftheoscilloscopeatearthground.
Donotattempttodefeatthegroundwireconnectionor
floattheoscilloscope;todosomayposea greatsafetyha-
zard.
Theappropriatepowercordissuppliedbyanoption
thatisspecifiedwhentheinstrumentisordered.
TheoptionalpowercordareshowninFig40.
Linefuse
Thefuseholderislocatedontherearpanelandcontains
thelinefuse.Verifythattheproperfuseisinstalledbyre-
placingthelinefuse.
5.Alwaysusetheprobegroundclipsforbestresults.Do
notuseanexternalgroundwireinlieuoftheprobe
groundclips,asundesiredsignalsmaybeintroduced.
6.Operationadjacenttoequipmentwhichproduces
strongacmagneticfieldsshouldbeavoidedwherepos-
sible.
Thisincludessuchdevicesaslargepowersup-
plies,
transformers,electricmotors,etc.,thatareoften
foundinanindustrialenvironment.Strongmagnetic
shieldscanexceedthepracticalCRTmagneticshield-
inglimitsandresultinterferenceanddistortion.
7.Probecompensationadjustmentmatchestheprobe
totheinputofthescope.Forbestresults,compen-
sationofprobeshouldbeadjustedinitially,thenthe
sameprobealwaysusedwiththeinputofscope.
Probecompensationshouldbereadjustedwhenever
aprobefroma differentscopeisused.
8.TheLEDsoftheswitchesindicateasfollows
whensupplyingpowerstarts.
VerticalMODE:CH1,
HORIZDISPLAY:A
TRIGMODE:AUTO
EQUIPMENTPROTECTION
1.
Neverallowa smallspotofhighbrilliancetoremain
stationaryonthescreenformorethana fewseconds.
Thescreenmaybecomepermanentlyburned.A spot
willoccuronlywhenthescopeissetupforX-Yopera-
tionandnosignalisapplied.Eitherreducetheintensity
sothespotisbarelyvisible,switchbacktonormal
sweepoperationwhennosignalisapplied,orsetup
thescopeforspotblanking.
2.
Nevercovertheventilatingholesonthetopoftheos-
cilloscope, asthiswillincreasetheoperatingtempera-
tureinsidethecase.
3.Neverapplymorethanthemaximumratingtotheoscil-
loscopeinputjacks.
CH1,
CH2INPUTjacks:800Vp-por400V(dc+ ac
peak)
CH3,
CH4INPUTjacks:400V(dc+ acpeak)
ZaxisINPUTjack:50V(dc+ acpeak)
Neverapplyexternalvoltagetotheoscilloscopeoutput
terminals.
4.
Alwaysconnecta cablefromtheearthground(GND)
jackoftheoscilloscopetothechassisoftheequipment
undertest.Withoutthiscaution,theentirecurrentfor
theequipmentundertestmaybedrawnthroughthe
probeclipleadsundercertaincircumstances.Such
conditionscouldalsoposea safetyhazard,whichthe
groundcablewillprevent.
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