Safety regulations (continued)

Direct contact with eyepieces can be a potential transmission path for bacterial and viral infec- tions of the eye.

The risk can be kept to a minimum by using personal eyepieces for each individual or detachable eyecups.

Light sources: safety instructions

Warning

Protective measures of the manufacturer:

UV radiation could damage the eyes. Therefore:

UV protection screen in front of the speci-

Never look into the light spot on the speci-

 

men plane prevents the user from looking

men plane without a UV protection screen.

 

directly into the UV rays.

 

 

 

Never look into the eyepieces if no excita-

Dummy filter carriers in the free positions

tion filter is in the beam path.

 

of the rapid filter changer prevent direct UV

 

 

radiation from reaching the eyes.

Fill empty filter positions with dummy filter

 

 

carriers (e.g. M165FC).

UV filters are installed in the observation

 

 

beam paths to protect the eyes.

Do not select a white, strongly reflective

 

 

background for the stage.

The stray-light protection on the lamp

 

 

housing prevents irradiation of the hands.

 

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Manual

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