Freecom Technologies FHD-xx manual Chapter GB-3 Maintaining a safe work environment, Introduction

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Freecom Safety Manual

Chapter GB-3: Maintaining a safe work environment

Introduction

•Freecom external hard drives have been designed to be compact, light-weight and extremely portable, so that they can be easily carried and used almost anywhere.

Proper use of a Freecom external hard drive does not pose any health hazards. When used in accordance with the safety instructions in this manual they also offer an alternative to external hard drive users who wish to avoid exposure to the additional sources of electromagnetic field (EMF) emission that may be present in PCs.

•The safety instructions in this manual should therefore always be followed, to avoid the adverse consequences that could otherwise result from the misuse of Freecom external hard drive under sub-optimum field conditions.

Avoidance of exposure to EMF emissions

Note

1.Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Emissions (50 Hz (Europe) or 60 Hz (US))

Since Freecom external hard drives are low-voltage direct current (DC) devices, this external hard drive emits no EMF (electromagnetic field) energy in the ELF range when it is being powered by its USB bus power.

2.Radio Frequency (RF) Emissions

a.External hard drives generate digital timing pulses at frequencies within the RF range, and consequently may emit minute levels of stray EMF emissions in the RF range.

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