Conrad ME-32 Bedienungsanleitung Seite 4

0.8 A quick-acting, 250 V; conventional designation:
F0.8A/250V or F800mA/250V or, for the A range, 15 A, super
quick-acting, 250 V; conventional designation: FF15A/250V.
After the fuse has been replaced, screw the case shut by per-
forming the operations described above in reverse order.
Do not operate the multimeter before it has been closed and
screwed shut.
• Exercise particular care when dealing with voltages in excess
of 25 V alternating current (AC) or 35 V direct current (DC).
Even at voltages as low as these, it is still possible to suffer a
life-threatening electric shock if contact is made with conduc-
ting parts.
Therefore first switch the voltage source off, connect the mul-
timeter to the terminals of the voltage source to be measured,
set the required voltage measuring range on the multimeter
and then switch the voltage source on.
After completing the measurement, switch the voltage source
off and remove the measuring leads from the terminals of the
voltage source.
• Before each voltage measurement, make sure that the multi-
meter is not set to the current measuring range.
• The test probes must be removed from the object which is to
be measured before any change of measuring range.
• Before each measurement, check your multimeter and meas-
uring leads for damage.
• When measuring, use only the measuring leads supplied with
the multimeter. No other leads are permitted.
• To avoid any possibility of electric shock, ensure that you do
not come into contact, even indirectly, with the test probes
and the terminals being measured (measuring points) during
the measurement operation.
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• The voltage between any 4 mm socket of the meter and earth
must not exceed 500 V DC/V AC rms.
• Never work with the meter in rooms or under adverse envir-
onmental conditions where flammable gases, vapours or dust
are or may be present. For your own safety, it is crucial to pre-
vent the multimeter or measuring leads from becoming damp
or wet. Do not operate in the immediate vicinity of:
a) Strong magnetic fields (loudspeakers, magnets)
b) Electromagnetic fields (transformers, motors, coils, relays,
contactors, electromagnets etc.)
c) Static electricity fields (charges/discharges)
d) Transmitting antennas or RF generators
• Do not use the multimeter shortly before, during or immedi-
ately after a thunderstorm (lightning stroke/high-energy
surges!). Make sure that your hands, shoes, clothes and the
floor, multimeter and measuring leads, circuits and parts of
circuits etc. are absolutely dry.
• When safe operation is obviously no longer possible, the appli-
ance must be taken out of use and secured from being acci-
dentally switched on. It can be assumed that safe operation is
no longer possible when:
- there is visible damage to the appliance,
- the appliance is no longer working and
- the appliance has been stored for an extended period in
unsuitable conditions
or
- it has been exposed to adverse transport conditions..
• Never switch on the multimeter immediately after it has been
moved from a cold into a warm room. The condensation cre-
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