Installing and removing the contact protection cover

WARNING

Risk of injury due to electric shock/arcing/burning

Please note the following information on the EL3008-00xx contact protection cover!

Installing the contact protection cover

1. Insert the supply lines into contact protection cover.

2. Wire the terminal as described in the chapter “Notes on connection technology”.

3. Place the contact protection cover on the plug so that its latching lugs engage the guide rails of the plug. Slide the contact protection cover onto the front of the module housing.

4. Then slide the contact protection cover upwards until it audibly engages.

5. Position the connecting cables in the cable routing on the underside of the contact hazard protection cover and close the lid.

Removing the contact protection cover

	Notes on removing The contact protection cover cannot be opened or removed without tools. A screwdriver (e.g. Beckhoff ZB8700) can be used to remove it. Ensure that there is sufficient clearance above the contact protection cover to other parts of the system so that a screwdriver can be inserted vertically into the mounting opening (see figure “Mounting area” below).

1. Press a screwdriver vertically into the mounting hole on the top of the contact protection cover to release the latch.

2. Slide the contact protection cover down as far as it will go and then pull it off the module housing.

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^*) The mounting area for removal with a Beckhoff screwdriver (ZB8700) is at least 75 mm.

Opening the lid

1. Open the lid of the contact protection cover.

If necessary, ask another person to hold the contact protection cover.
Insert two screwdrivers simultaneously into the two mounting openings on the front of the contact protection cover and pull the lid upwards.

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