2. Safety
2.2 Personnel qualification
WARNING!
Risk of injury should qualification be insufficient!
Improper handling can result in considerable injury and
damage to equipment.
The activities described in these operating instructions
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may only be carried out by skilled personnel who have
the qualifications described below.
Keep unqualified personnel away from hazardous
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areas.
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 of independently recognising
potential hazards.
2.3 Additional safety instructions for instruments with ATEX
approval
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. Temperature measuring instruments must be
earthed via the process connection!
Gas actuated thermometers contain no internal heat source,
and, when correctly installed and operated, cause no increase in
temperature!
WIKA operating instructions models 73, 74 (ATEX)
GB
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