Samlexpower PSE-12125A Owner's manual - Section 1 |
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safety Instructions
Preventing Fire and explosion Hazards
- working with the inverter may produce arcs or sparks. Thus, the inverter should not
be used in areas where there are inflammable materials or gases requiring ignition
protected equipment.
- These areas may include spaces containing gasoline powered machinery, fuel tanks,
battery compartments
Precautions when Working with Batteries.
- batteries contain very corrosive diluted Sulphuric Acid as electrolyte. Precautions
should be taken to prevent contact with skin, eyes or clothing.
- batteries generate hydrogen and oxygen during charging resulting in evolution of
explosive gas mixture. care should be taken to ventilate the battery area and follow
the battery manufacturer’s recommendations.
- never smoke or allow a spark or flame near the batteries.
- use caution to reduce the risk of dropping a metal tool on the battery. It could spark
or short circuit the battery or other electrical parts and could cause an explosion.
- remove metal items like rings, bracelets and watches when working with batteries.
batteries can produce short circuit current high enough to weld a ring or the like to
metal and thus, cause a severe burn.
- If you need to remove a battery, always remove the negative terminal from the
battery first. Make sure that all the accessories are off so that you do not cause
a spark.
inVeRteR SAFetY
Preventing Paralleling of the Ac output
The Ac output of this inverter cannot be synchronised with another Ac source and
hence, it is not suitable for paralleling. The Ac output of the inverter should never be
connected directly to an electrical breaker panel / load center which is also fed from
the utility power / generator. Such a connection may result in parallel operation of the
different power sources and Ac power from the utility / generator will be fed back into
the inverter which will instantly damage the output section of the inverter and may
also pose a fire and safety hazard. If an electrical breaker panel / load center is fed from
an inverter and this panel is also required to be powered from additional alternate
Ac sources, the Ac power from all the Ac sources like the utility / generator / inverter
should first be fed to a manual selector switch and the output of the selector switch
should be connected to the electrical breaker panel / load center. Appropriate
Automatic Transfer Switch like Samlex America Model STS-30 may also be used.
To prevent possibility of paralleling and severe damage to the inverter, never use a
simple jumper cable with a male plug on both ends to connect the Ac output of the
inverter to a handy wall receptacle in the home / rV.