2. Safety
Skilled personnel
Skilled personnel are understood to be personnel who, based on their
technical training, knowledge of measurement and control technology
and on their experience and knowledge of country-specific regulations,
current standards and directives, are capable of carrying out the work
described and independently recognising potential hazards.
2.3 Safety instructions for pressure gauges per ATEX
WARNING!
Non-observance of these instructions and their contents
may result in the loss of explosion protection.
WARNING!
It is imperative that the application conditions and safety
requirements of the EC-type examination certificate are
followed.
Pressure gauges must be earthed via the process
connection!
Permissible ambient temperature
Model 232/262/PG23CP -40 ... +60 °C (unfilled)
Model 233/263/PG23CP -20 ... +60 °C (glycerine filling)
Model PG23LT
Attention! In the case of gaseous media, the temperature may
increase due to compression warming. In these cases it may be neces-
sary to throttle the rate of change of pressure or reduce the permissible
medium temperature.
WIKA operating instructions pressure gauge, model 2 per ATEX
-40 ... +60 °C (silicone oil filling)
-70 ... +60 °C (silicone oil filling)
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