Safety Precautions - Victron energy VBC 12-24-48V Manual De Instrucciones

2 INSTALLATION OF YOUR BATTERY MONITOR
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Safety precautions!

1. Working in the vicinity of a lead acid battery is dangerous. Batteries
can generate explosive gases during operation. Never smoke or allow a
spark or flame in the vicinity of a battery. Provide sufficient ventilation
around the battery.
2. Wear eye and clothing protection. Avoid touching eyes while working
near batteries. Wash your hands when done.
3. If battery acid contacts skin or clothing, wash immediately with soap
and water. If acid enters an eye, immediately flood the eye with running
cold water for at least 15 minutes and get medical attention immediately.
4. Be careful when using metal tools in vicinity of batteries. Dropping a
metal tool onto a battery might cause a short-circuit and, possibly an
explosion.
5. Remove personal metal items such as rings, bracelets, necklaces,
and watches when working with a battery. A battery can produce a
short-circuit current high enough to melt such items, leading to severe
burns.
Note: All instructions referring to the VPN also refer to the BPP, unless
otherwise noted.
To install your VBC you will need:
1. A shunt. The standard supplied shunt is 500 A / 50 mV, but any
shunt with a current indication up to 100 mV can be used.
2. Standard supplied two wire flexible connection cable
AWG21/0.4 mm² (for the shunt).
3. Standard supplied two wire flexible connection cable
AWG21/0.4 mm² with inline fuse holder and 1 A slow blow fuse (for
power).
4. Standard supplied temperature sensor.
5. Cat5 cable with two RJ45 connectors (to connect a VE.Net Panel
or other VE.Net device (not supplied).
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