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INSTRINSIC SAFETY APPROVAL
The Mini
as Mk5 has been approved as intrinsicall
safe b
authorities throu
hout
the world. It is important that, as a matter of safet
, the conditions of those
approvals are maintained.
The followin
warnin
was issued b
BASEEFA and appeared in the EECS
News
No. 14
dated April 1991:
"With re
ard to repairs, the owner of the e
uipment is responsible for ensurin
that the repairs are carried out in such a wa
that the explosion protection
measures incorporated in the e
uipment remain in compliance with the
appropriate standards. Not onl
should a competent repairer be used, but also
the specification for the repaired e
uipment should ideall
be obtained from the
manufacturer. Unless the repairs are carried out b
a manufacturer who holds
an appropriate EECS licence, we
BASEEFA
can offer no assurance with
re
ard to the
ualit
of the work done."
The followin
warnin
, applicable to intrinsicall
safe instruments, was issued
b
CoGDEM in October 1992:
CoGDEM
THE COUNCIL OF
GAS DETECTION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS
WARNING
This is a certified product. Service, repair or calibration other than b
the
manufacturer or a manufacturer’s recommended a
ent ma
cause invalidation
of certification, warrant
, and result in a safet
hazard.
CONFORMITY WITH EUROPEAN
DIRECTIVES
Within the European Union, the CE mark is used in to show conformit
with
applicable New Approach Directives specif
in
the health and safet
re
uirements.
These re
uirements include EMC and ESD standards. Within the limits of EMC
Directive 891336/EEC, the desi
n of the Mini
as Mk5 has been tested to EN50
082-2: 1995 to ensure that it has ade
uate immunit
to RFI and ESD encountered
in recommended applications.
Similarl
, tests have been carried out to EN55 022: 1995 Class B to ensure that the
Mini
as Mk5 does not produce electrical interference.
