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Safety
Take the following precautions to avoid prevent injury or damage to this
instrument or products that are connected. To avoid potential hazards, the
instrument may only be used in the specified manner.
NOTE: Identifies conditions and actions that could lead to damage
to the instument or other matter.
WARNING: These statements identify conditions or actions that
could lead to accidents.
Symbols on the multimeter
This symbol adjacent to another symbol, terminal or operating
device indicates that the operator must refer to an explanation in
the Operating Instructions to avoid personal injury or damage to
the meter.
This WARNING symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation,
WARNING
which if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
This CAUTION symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation,
CAUTION
which if not avoided, may result damage to the product.
MAX
This symbol advises the user that the terminal(s) so marked must
1000 V
not be connected to a circuit point at which the voltage with
respect to earth ground exceeds (in this case) 1000 VAC or VDC.
This symbol adjacent to one or more terminals identifies them as
being associated with ranges that may, in normal use, be
subjected to particularly hazardous voltages. For maximum safety,
the meter and its test leads should not be handled when these
terminals are energized.
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