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Users Manual

• Examine the case before you use the Product. Look

for cracks or missing plastic. Carefully look at the

insulation around the terminals.

• Do not use the Product around explosive gas, vapor,

or in damp or wet environments.

• Do not work alone.

• Limit operation to the specified measurement

category, voltage, or amperage ratings.

• Comply with local and national safety codes. Use

personal protective equipment (approved rubber

gloves, face protection, and flame-resistant clothes)

to prevent shock and arc blast injury where

hazardous live conductors are exposed.

• Use Product-approved measurement category (CAT),

voltage, and amperage rated accessories (probes,

test leads, and adapters) for all measurements.

• Do not exceed the Measurement Category (CAT)

rating of the lowest rated individual component of a

Product, probe, or accessory.

• Do not touch voltages >30 V ac rms, 42 V ac peak, or

60 V dc.

• Keep fingers behind the finger guards on the probes.

• Use only current probes, test leads, and adapters

supplied with the Product.

• Connect the common test lead before the live test

lead and remove the live test lead before the

common test lead.

• Disable the Product if it is damaged.

• Do not use the Product if it is damaged.

• Do not use the Product if it operates incorrectly.

• Only use probes, test leads, and accessories that

have the same measurement category, voltage, and

amperage ratings as the Product.

• Remove the batteries if the Product is not used for an

extended period of time, or if stored in temperatures

above 50 °C. If the batteries are not removed, battery

leakage can damage the Product.