Olympus VS120 - Manual (Page 6)

Introduction
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Observe the following safety considerations
1. Read the User’s Manual supplied with this system carefully and familiarize yourself with the handling of
this system before use.
Never use this system in any other ways than as described in the User’s Manual. Such use may result in
not only malfunction of this system but also injury of users, failure of this system, and output of erroneous
image data.
2. If a slide glass specimen being observed is a contagion, clean the part of this microscope system that
came into contact with the specimen to prevent contagion.
 If a slide glass specimen is inadvertently broken, immediately take necessary actions to prevent
contagion.
3. Set the microscope system on a level, strongly built table (angle of inclination must be less than 10°). The
VS120-S1 and S5 each weigh about 52 kg. The VS120-L100 weighs about 100 kg. Please prepare a table
that can sustain this load.
4. Do not put your hand in the device while operating the stage or the slide loader. You may be injured by
pinching your fingers.
5. The lamp housing is located at the rear of the microscope and its surface becomes very hot. When
installing the microscope system, take care that there is sufficient space around the lamp housing (10 cm
or more), particularly at the area right above the top of the lamp housing
6. The service life of the lamp housing is eight years or a total operating period of 20,000 hours, whichever is
shorter. For further details, refer to the “Lamp housing Inspection sheet” on page 32.
7. If the power cord comes into contact with parts in close proximity to the lamp housing or the lamp housing
itself, it may melt potentially resulting in an electric shock. When routing the power cord, make sure that it
runs sufficiently distant from the lamp housing.
8. When replacing the lamp, use caution to prevent electric shock or a burn. Specifically, set the power
switch of microscope control box to O (OFF), pull the power cord out of the AC outlet, and let the lamp
and the lamp housing cool off. After they are sufficiently cooled off, replace the lamp.
Refer to page 14 for replacement procedures.
Designated halogen lamp 12V 100WHAL-L (7724 made by PHILIPS)
9. Use only power cord which Olympus specified. If no power cord is provided by Olympus, please
select the proper power cord by referring to “Proper Selection of the Power Supply Cord” on page 33
to 34. Otherwise the safety performance of the microscope system can not be assured.
10. Make sure that you ground the microscope system. Otherwise our intended electrical safety
performance of the microscope system can not be assured.