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9.8 Pro tec ti veear th (PE)co nt in ui ty tes t9.8.1 Whatc of feemac hi neh asto bete sted and when ?
Thistestisonlynecessary
forclass1equipment(three wirepowercordwithprotecti veearth)
formod elsCi tiz& mil k,EF485/486
afterarepairwheneverageneraldis assemblyoftheplatformand/orcoreun itwas
performed.
9.8.2 General
Legal regu latio n
Incaseofarepair/modificationofthecoffeemachine,therepaircentreisboundbylaw
toprotecttheuser/consumer by
restoringtheregularconditi onoftheapplianceand
performingtherespectivetests accordingtoEN/IEC603351“Safety ofhousehold
andsimilarelectricalapplianc es”andnationalregulations( e.g.DINVDE0701).
Descr ipti on
Protectiveearthcontinuitym easurementsaremadebetwee ntheprotectiveearth
terminalandconductive,touc hablepartsofthecoffeemac hinewheredangerous
voltagecouldoccurifthebas icinsulationwastofail.
Thistestassuresthat
theground(earth)connection doesnothaveaninterrupt ionbetweentheplugand
touchable,conductivehousing parts
thepermissiblegroundresistanceofthos econductive,touchablepartsislessthan
0.3Ohms(withatestcurrent of200mADC).
Testequ ipm ent
Specialtestequipmentisneed edthatcomplieswiththereg ulationstoperformprotec
tiveearthcontinuitymeasurements.Detailedrequirementsandtolerancesmustbeveri
fiedbyyourlocalauthorities ormeasurementsupplierinan ycase.
Testrep or t
Forlegalreasonsarepairortestreportshouldbepreparedandfiledwithfollowinginfor
mation
customer(name,address)
typeandserialnumberofcof feemachine
dateofrepair/test(s)
performedtest(s)/measuring value(s)
usedtestequipment
signature
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