1. Introduction

1.1 General

1.1.1 How To Use This Manual

Welcome to the Voltech AT3600 wound component tester. Please study this introductory chapter of the manual carefully. It will help you to setup your tester quickly and safely. By using your instrument to its full potential, you will increase the quality and reduce the cost of your transformers and inductors.

The following symbol conventions are used throughout:

	Important safety information. To ensure operator safety, all safety information must be read and understood.
	Important information that explains a general principle or refers to other sections of the manual.

The contents of this manual are believed to be accurate at the time of printing. Voltech reserves the right, however, to change the operation or specification of the AT3600 tester without notice. No liability is accepted for the inappropriate, negligent, or incorrect set-up of the AT3600 tester by the user, by either manual or automated means.

The Voltech AT3600 is protected by the following patents:
USA: US 5500598
UK: 2261957B
Europe: 0621953B