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Contents
Operating and safety instructions............................................................................................................5
General remarks..................................................................................................................................5
Remarks on performing tests..............................................................................................................5
Operating environment.......................................................................................................................5
Malfunction and excessive strain........................................................................................................5
Testing and maintenance ....................................................................................................................5
Care and cleaning ...............................................................................................................................5
Accessories.........................................................................................................................................6
Specifications..........................................................................................................................................7
Scope of delivery................................................................................................................................7
Controls ..............................................................................................................................................8
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................9
The tester ............................................................................................................................................9
Features of the tester...........................................................................................................................9
Scope of possible tests........................................................................................................................9
Performing tests....................................................................................................................................10
Important note on performing tests...................................................................................................10
Normal-pressure equipment..............................................................................................................10
Lung-governed demand valve—leak-tightness without positive medium pressure.....................10
Lung-governed demand valve—leak-tightness without negative medium pressure....................11
Lung-governed demand valve—leak-tightness with medium pressure .......................................11
Lung-governed demand valve—opening pressure.......................................................................12
Mask—leak tightness...................................................................................................................12
Positive-pressure equipment.............................................................................................................13
Lung-governed demand valve—leak-tightness without positive medium pressure.....................13
Lung-governed demand valve—leak-tightness with medium pressure .......................................13
Lung-governed demand valve—closing pressure........................................................................14
Mask—leak tightness...................................................................................................................14
Mask—exhalation-valve opening pressure..................................................................................15
Chemical protective suit...................................................................................................................15
Preparing the suit for testing ........................................................................................................15
Letting the suit pressure stabilize.................................................................................................15
Chemical protective suit—valve testing ......................................................................................16
The dummy head...................................................................................................................................17
Inserting/replacing the battery ..............................................................................................................18
Accessories ...........................................................................................................................................19