11 MAINTENANCE INFORMATION/12 DECOMISSIONING
USER MANUAL
TECTON POWER AMP SERIES
P.33
11 Maintenance Information
Cleaning and servicing the inside of the amplifier must never carry out by un-
qualified personnel. The amplifier must never be opened by unqualified person-
nel.
Cleaning and servicing work on the inside of the amplifier must only be carried
out by qualified personnel.
Qualified personnel is defined as a person who has gained specialised relevant
knowledge of electronic engineering through education, training and experi-
ence and who has sufficient knowledge of all relevant governmental work
safety regulations to be in a position to judge the safe functioning of power
amplifiers based on technical rules according to IEC 60065.
(IEC 60065 (DIN EN 60065) “Safety Requirements for Audio, Video or simlar
Electronic Appliances”)
In order to guarantee the safe functioning of the amplifier, it has to be checked
at least once, depending on its application and usage, by a properly qualified
person.
Advice on how to carry out these checks can be found in DIN VDE 0702-1 “Safety
Checks for Electronic Appliances”.
An amplifier that is considered to be unsafe must be labelled accordingly and
stored in a safe place to prevent this amplifier being used mistakenly.
12 Decomissioning
During the decomissioning process of the amplifier, all legally prescribed rules
and procedures must be adhered to.