Safety Precautions When Working On The High-Voltage System
High voltage is extremely dangerous.
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The high-voltage system is under high voltage. Electrocution can cause death or very serious personal injury.
-- Individuals with electronic/medical life and health sustaining machines in or on their person cannot perform any work on high-voltage systems. Life and health sustaining machines are for example pain killer pumps, implanted defibrillators, pacemakers, insulin pumps, and hearing aids.
-- Have the high-voltage system de-energized by a qualified person.
There is a risk of injury due to the engine starting unexpectedly.
On electric and hybrid vehicles an active ready mode is difficult to identify. Parts of the body can be pinched or pulled.
-- Switch off the ignition.
-- Place the ignition key outside of the vehicle interior.
Risk of damaging the high-voltage cables.
Misuse can damage the insulation of high-voltage cables or high-voltage connectors.
-- Never support objects on the high-voltage cables and the high-voltage connectors.
-- Never support tools on the high-voltage cables and the high-voltage connectors.
-- Never sharply bend or kink the high-voltage cables.
-- When connecting pay attention to the coding of the high-voltage connectors.