Tannoy I9 - Manual (Page 9)

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11. Rigging & Suspension
11.1 General Safety Advice
The Tannoy Professional hardware covered in this guide has been designed to offer
quick, simple, cost effective and secure solutions for mounting specifically the Tannoy i9
Professional loudspeaker.
This hardware has been designed and manufactured with a high safety load factor for its
specific role. To ensure the safest possible use of the hardware covered in this guide, it
must be assembled in strict accordance with the instructions specified. The information in
these manuals relating to the assembly and the safe use of these accessories must be
understood and followed. The installation of Tannoy Professional loudspeakers using the
dedicated hardware should only ever be carried out by fully qualified installers, in
accordance with all the required safety codes and standards that are applied at the place
of installation.
WARNING: As the legal requirements for flying change from country to country, please
consult you local safety standards office before installing any product. We also
recommend that you thoroughly check any laws and bylaws prior to commencing work.
Tannoy Professional hardware has been designed for use with specific Tannoy
Professional loudspeakers, and is not designed or intended for use with any other Tannoy
Professional products, or any other devices. Using Tannoy Professional hardware for any
purpose other than that indicated in this guide is considered improper use. Such use can
be very dangerous as overloading, modifying, assembling in anyway other than that
clearly stated in the manual, or damaging Tannoy Professional hardware will compromise
safety.
The component parts of any Tannoy Professional hardware device must only be
assembled using the accessory kits supplied and in strict compliance with the user
manual. The use of other accessories or non-approved methods of assembly may result in
an unsafe hardware system by reducing the load safety factor. Welding, or any other
method of permanently fixing hardware components together or to the integral fixing points
in the cabinet should never be used.
Whenever a Tannoy Professional loudspeaker is fixed to a surface using a Tannoy
Professional hardware device, the installer must ensure that the surface is capable of
safely and securely supporting the load. The hardware employed must be safely, securely,
and in accordance with the manual, attached both to the loudspeaker and to the surface in
question, using only the fixing holes provided as standard and covered in the manual.
Secure fixings to the building structure are vital. Seek help from architects, structural
engineers or other specialists if in any doubt.
All loudspeakers flown in theatres, nightclubs, conference centre or other places of work
and entertainment must, be provided with an independent, correctly rated and securely
attached secondary safety – in addition to the principle hardware device. This secondary
safety must prevent the loudspeaker from dropping more than 150mm (6”) should the
principle hardware device fail.
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