Eaton 9461-ET IS Serial to Ethernet Gateway

Inspection and maintenance

a. Inspection and maintenance should be carried out in accordance with European, national

and local regulations which may refer to the IEC standard IEC 60079-17. In addition specific

industries or end users may have specific requirements which should also be met.

b. Access to the internal circuitry must not be made during operation

General

a. This equipment must only be installed, operated and maintained by competent personnel. Such

personnel shall have undergone training, which included instruction on the various types of

protection and installation practices, the relevant rules and regulations, and on the general

principles of area classification. Appropriate refresher training shall be given on a regular

basis. [See clause 4.2 of EN 60079-17].

b. This equipment has been designed to provide protection against all the relevant additional

hazards referred to in Annex II of the directive, such as those in clause 1.2.7.

c. This equipment has been designed to meet the requirements of intrinsically safe electrical

apparatus in accordance with EN 60079-0. EN 60079-11 and EN 60079-26.

Installation

a. reference to the IEC code of practice IEC 60079-14. In addition, particular industries or end

users may have specific requirements relating to the safety of their installations and these

requirements should also be met. For the majority of installations the Directive 1999/92/EC

[the ATEX Directive – safety of installations] is also applicable.

b. Unless already protected by design, this equipment must be protected by a suitable enclosure

against:

i) mechanical and thermal stresses in excess of those noted in the certification documentation

and the product specification.

ii) aggressive substances, excessive dust, moisture and other contaminants.

c. This equipment is intrinsically safe electrical apparatus and is normally mounted in a hazardous

area. When mounted in a Zone1 location the apparatus must be provided with an enclosure,

which offers an additional degree of protection appropriate to the area classification.

Read also the Special Conditions for Safe Use for any additional or more specific information