1. OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................................ 2
1.1 INITIAL INSPECTION .................................................................................................................................. 2
1.2 POWER SUPPLY ...........................................................................................................................................2
1.3 CALIBRATION.............................................................................................................................................. 2
1.4 STORAGE....................................................................................................................................................... 2
2. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND PROCEDURES...............................................................................................3
2.1 PRIOR TO USE ............................................................................................................................................. 3
2.3 DURING USE................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.4 AFTER USE....................................................................................................................................................4
3. INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION........................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 ROTARY SWITCH POSITIONS ............................................................................................................................5
3.2 DEFINITION OF KEYS........................................................................................................................................6
4. CALIBRATION PROCEDURE............................................................................................................................ 7
4.1 CANCELLATION OF CALIBRATION PARAMETERS ............................................................................. 8
5. SWITCH POSITION FUNCTIONS: .................................................................................................................... 9
5.1 “LOWΩ” POSITION ......................................................................................................................................9
5.1.1 CONTINUITY TEST: ................................................................................................................................... 9
5.1.2 "AUTO", "R+", "R-", "R+TIMER", "R-TIMER" MODES: ......................................................................10
5.2 “MΩ” POSITION..........................................................................................................................................14
5.2.1 INSULATION RESISTANCE: ................................................................................................................ 14
5.2.2 “MAN”, “AUTO”, “TIMER” MODES ...................................................................................................14
5.3 HOW TO SAVE, RECALL AND CLEAR TEST DATA ............................................................................ 21
5.3.1 SAVE........................................................................................................................................................ 21
5.3.2 RECALL.................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.3.3 CLEAR ...................................................................................................................................................... 23
5.4 RESET PROCEDURE .................................................................................................................................. 24
5.5 DEFAULT PARAMETERS..........................................................................................................................24
5.5.1 DEFAULT PARAMETERS LOW
Ω
........................................................................................................... 24
5.5.2 DEFAULT PARAMETERS M
Ω
................................................................................................................ 24
5.5.3 MEMORY DEFAULT PARAMETERS...................................................................................................... 24
6. PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF ELECTRICAL TESTS................................................................................... 25
6.1 LOW CONTINUITY MEASUREMENT .....................................................................................................25
6.2 INSTALLATION RESISTANCE................................................................................................................. 26
6.3 CHECKING THE CIRCUIT SEPARATION ...............................................................................................30
6.4 MEASUREMENT OF FLOOR INSULATION RESISTANCE IN MEDICAL ROOMS CEI 64-4............32
7. CONNECTING INSTRUMENT TO PC ............................................................................................................ 34
8. PRINTING OF DATA ON SERIAL PRINTER (OPTIONAL) ....................................................................... 35
9. MAINTENANCE.................................................................................................................................................. 36
9.1 GENERAL ....................................................................................................................................................36
9.2 BATTERY REPLACEMENT....................................................................................................................... 36
9.3 INSTRUMENT CLEANING ........................................................................................................................ 36
10. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................................. 37
11. WARRANTY AND SERVICE CONDITIONS ............................................................................................. 40
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