User manual

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CAUTION
Thevoltagetestermaynotbeused
withanopenbatterycompartment.
Ifthebatteriesareat,thevoltagetest-
ercannolongerbeused.
Donotdisposeofusedbatteriesinthe
normalhouseholdrubbish.Pleasetake
thebatteriestothereturnandcollec-
tionpointsthatareprovidedforthat
purpose.
Function test/battery test (Pict. B)
• Short-circuitthetestprobes,pressandhold
theTESTbutton(8).InitiallythewholeLED
chainmustbrieylightup.
• Thenonlythe+6Vstepdisplay(5)remainsil-
luminated.
• Ifthe+6Vstepdisplayashesduringthistest,
thebatteriesmustbechangedatthenextpos-
sibleopportunity.
• TheLEDchainwillblinktoindicatethatthe
batteriesmustbechangedduringallfurther
voltage/continuitytests.
Switchable test probe tip lighting
(Pict. B)
• Thetestprobetiplighting(types1155/56)can
bemanuallyturnedonbypressingtheTEST
button(8)andshortingthetestprobes(2)
once.
• Thelightingisturnedonaslongasthebutton
ispressed.
Operating modes
Continuity testing (Pict. C)
• Beforeperformingacontinuitytest,external
voltagesshouldbeswitchedoffandcapacitors
dischargedifappropriate.
• Short-circuitthetestprobes(2),pressandhold
theTESTbutton(8).
• Touchtheitemtobetestedwiththetest
probes(2).
• Witharesistanceof<500kOhm,the+6V
LEDwilllight.
• Anyinducedvoltagespresentdonotaffectthe
continuitytestanddonotleadtothedestruc-
tionofthedevice.
Semiconductor test (Pict. D)
• Forapolarity-dependentcontinuitytest(semi-
conductortesting),theinternaltestvoltageis
passedtothetestprobes(2)whentheTEST
button(8)isoperated.
• Pleaseobservethepolaritysymbols(3)(+/-)
onthetestprobes.
• Ifthereiscontinuity,the+6VLEDwilllightup.
Phase testing (Pict. E)
NOTE
Inunfavourablelocations,suchason
awoodenladderoranon-conductive
oorandinnotcorrectlygroundedAC
networks,thephasetestcannotbe
carriedout.
• Tocarryoutthephasetesting,placethetest
probe(2)marked(3)(-)onthephase(>90V
AC)oftheACnetwork,andtouchthephase
testcontact(9)onthedisplayhandlewiththe
thumb.
• Ifphaseispresent,the6Vstepdisplay(+and
-)lightsup.