Safety hints, General hints – REMKO PGM 100 User Manual
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Safety Hints
 
When using this unit make sure always to observe 
the applicable building and fire protection regula-
tions as well as the rules of the trade cooperative 
association. 
 
The unit may be operated only by those persons who 
have been instructed accordingly. 
The unit is to be installed and operated in such a way 
as to ensure that the employees are not endangered 
by waste gases and radiation heat and that no fire 
can break out. 
The unit may only be installed and operated in 
rooms, when the air rate fed to the unit is sufficient 
for combustion. 
Make sure to install mobile liquid gas reservoir on a 
solid ground and in a vertical position. 
Liquid gas reservoir may never be used in a lying po-
sition while the unit is operating (gas leakage in the li-
quid phase). 
The unit may be operated only in well aerated rooms. 
Persons may not stay permanently in the room where 
the unit has been installed. Relevant prohibition signs 
are to be fastened to the entrances. 
The unit is to be installed and operated on a solid 
non combustible ground. 
It is to be ensured that no combustible objects/
materials can be sucked in. 
The unit may not be installed or operated in in-
flammable and explosive surroundings. 
A safety zone of 1.5 m around the unit and a mini-
mum distance of 3 m at the unit’s exhaust opening 
are to be observed, even regarding non combustible 
objects. 
The unit’s exhaust opening may not be reduced or 
equipped with hoses or pipings. 
Make sure not to introduce foreign matters into the 
unit. 
The air suction lattice is always to be kept free from 
dirt and loose objects. 
Make sure not to expose the unit to direct water jets.
All electric cables outside the unit are to be protected 
from damage (e.g. caused by animals, etc.). 
Make sure to cut off the gas supply and to pull the 
mains plug out of the mains socket when mainte-
nance and repairs are carried out. 
Safety devices may be neither bridged nor 
blocked. 
General Hints
The unit may be operated only by those persons who 
have been instructed regarding the unit’s operation 
and the handling of liquid gas. 
When using the unit make sure always to obser-
ve the guiding principles of the countries and 
states concerned. 
The unit may only be operated in rooms when
 
– the air rate fed to the unit is sufficient for com- 
 bustion and 
 
– the rooms are well ventilated and deventilated and 
 
– the percentage of the substances which are 
 injurious to health in the breathed in air has 
 no inadmissible concentration. 
A good and natural ventilation and deventilation 
is given if e.g. the room volume in m³ corresponds to 
at least 30 times the nominal heat load in kW of all 
the units being operated in the room, and if a natural 
air exchange through doors and windows is ensured, 
or if there are permanently open ventilation possibili-
ties for ingoing and outgoing air near the ceiling and 
the floor, of which the size in m² corresponds to at 
least 0.003 times the nominal heat load in kW of all 
the units being operated in the room. 
A uniform unit connection pressure of 1.5 bar 
(1500 mbar) of the category I 3B/P is necessary 
for all the countries of the European Community. 
 
 The connection pressure may not fall below or 
 exceed the required value. 
Make sure to use exclusively components, such as 
gas hose, pressure controller and hose security devi-
ces (protection against breakage) or safety devices 
against gas leakage, that have been tested and are 
suitable for the intended purpose. The pressure con-
trollers must have a firmly regulated initial pressure 
of 1500 mbar and are to be equipped with a security 
device against hose breakage. 
Hose pipes are to be protected generally against 
chemical, thermal and mechanical damage. 
The persons charged with the operation of the unit 
have to check it prior to starting work to make sure 
that there are no visible defects. If there are defects 
which affect the unit’s operational reliability, its opera-
tion is to be stopped! 
The unit may be only maintained by trained persons 
and only original spare parts may be used. 
If the unit has been switched off by the temperature 
limiter due to overheating, the reason for the fault 
has to be detected and eliminated. 
