Vector V400 Installation Manual - Warnings For The Installer
Important Safety Instructions
Important Safety Instructions
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To ensure the safety of people, it is important that you read all the following
instructions. Incorrect installation or incorrect use of the product could
cause serious harm to people.
The installer, being either professional or DIY, is the last person on the site that can ensure that the operator is safely
installed, and that the whole system can be operated safely.
MOVING GATE CAN CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH
KEEP CLEAR. GATE MAY MOVE AT
ANY TIME. DO NOT ALLOW
CHILDREN TO PLAY IN AREA OR
OPERATE GATE .
WARNING
ATTENTION
WARNINGS FOR THE INSTALLER
1.
CAREFULLY READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS
14. Safety devices must be fitted to the installation to guard
before beginning to install the product.
against mechanical movement risks such as crushing,
dragging and shearing.
2.
All installation, repair, and service work to this product
must be done by a suitably qualified person.
15. It is recommended that at least one warning indicator
light be fitted to every system.
3.
Do not activate your gate opener unless you can see it
and can determine that its area of travel is clear of
16. Always fit the warning signs visibly to the inside and
people, pets, or other obstructions.
outside of the gate.
4.
NO ONE MAY CROSS THE PATH OF A MOVING GATE.
17. The installer must explain and demonstrate the manual
Always keep people and objects away from the gate
operation of the gate in case of an emergency, and must
and its area of travel.
hand the User/Warnings guide over to the user.
5.
NEVER LET CHILDREN OPERATE OR PLAY WITH THE
18. Explain these safety instructions to all persons
GATE CONTROLS, and do not allow children or pets
authorized to use this gate, and be sure that they
near the gate area.
understand the hazards associated with automated
gates.
6.
Secure all easily accessed gate opener controls in order
to prevent unauthorized use of the gate.
19. Do not leave packing materials (plastic, polystyrene,
etc.) within reach of children as such materials are
7.
Do not in any way modify the components of the
potential sources of danger.
automated system.
20. Dispose of all waste products like packaging materials,
8.
Do not install the equipment in an explosive
worn out batteries, etc, according to local regulations.
atmosphere: the presence of flammable gas or fumes is
a serious danger to safety.
21. Always check the obstruction detection system, and
safety devices for correct operation.
9.
Before attempting any work on the system, cut electrical
power and disconnect the batteries.
22. Centurion Systems does not accept any liability caused
by improper use of the product, or for use other than that
10. The mains power supply of the automated system must
for which the automated system was intended.
be fitted with an all-pole switch with contact opening
distance of 3mm or greater. Use of a 5A thermal breaker
23. This product was designed and built strictly for the use
with all-pole circuit break is recommended.
indicated in this documentation. Any other use, not
expressly indicated here, could compromise the service
11. Make sure that an earth leakage circuit breaker with a
life/operation of the product and/or be a source of
threshold of 30mA is fitted upstream of the system.
danger.
12. Never short circuit the battery and do not try to recharge
24. Everything not expressly specified in these instructions
the batteries with power supply units other than that
is not permitted.
supplied with the product, or by Centurion Systems.
13. Make sure that the earthing system is correctly
constructed, and that all metal parts of the system are
suitably earthed.