B-1
OPERATION
B-1
POWER WAVE 455/STT
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Read this entire section of operating instructions
before operating the machine.
ELECTRIC SHOCK can kill.
• Do not touch electrically live parts
or electrodes with your skin or wet
clothing.
• Insulate yourself from the work and
ground.
• Always wear dry insulating gloves.
• Do not use AC welder if nyour cloth-
ing, gloves or work area is damp or
if working on, under or inside work-
piece.
Use the following equipment:
-DC manual (stick) welder.
-AC welder with reduced voltage
control.
• Do not operate with panels
removed.
• Diconnect input power before ser-
vicing.
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ONLY QUALIFIED PERSONS SHOULD INSTALL,
USE OR SERVICE THIS EQUIPMENT. READ AND
FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER’S INSTUCTIONS,
EMPLOYER’S SAFTEY PRACTICES AND MATERI-
AL SAFTEY DATA SHEETS (MSDS) FOR CONSUM-
ABLES.
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READ THIS WARNIMG, PROTECT YOURSELF &
OTHERS.
FUMES AND GASES can bedangerous.
• Keep your head out of fumes.
• Use ventilation or exhaust at the arc,
or both,to keep fumes and gases from
your breathing zone and general area.
WELDING SPARKS can causefire or explosion.
• Do not weld near flammable material.
• Do not weld on containers which have
held flammable material.
ARC RAYS can burn.
• Wear eye, ear, and body protection.
WARNING