I found this today, on the removable power cord for an EZ-8 Drum Sander.
I have so many questions…
First of all, am I understanding this right: Do not use this in areas where anaesthetics are administered?
…Why not?
What happened, where that oddly specific label became necessary?
Just the power cord? (It’s a 50’ cord that adapts a 6" twist-lock pigtail into a standard 15amp american outlet) Or the whole sander?
maybe it is for power cord specifically, and the same type is used for hospital equipment. some of (modern) anesthetics are powerful solvents but not particularly flammable. maybe it also has something to do with potential extra oxygen (or nitrous oxide) content in air
That makes more sense than it being about the sander; but even in the context of a hospital, it still seems really wierd to call out anaesthesiology specifically and label what’s essentially an extension cord with it.
There are solvents used in lots of fields, both medical and otherwise, I don’t see why ‘anaesthetizing locations’ would be on the tag and not a warning more specific to the actual hazard (solvents, if that’s it).
apparently it’s NFPA (american fire safety code) thing. these regulations might have been written when inhalational anesthetics were flammable. also keep in mind that people under anesthesia can’t move and that was also probably a factor
Not - AT ALL - what you meant; but for some reason this gave me a mental image of someone using the floor sander and then comically ragdolling to the floor, as if all of their muscles were just switched off like a light, while the sander drives off out of scene…
Gotta be careful, sanding floors around anaesthetics. Dangerous stuff.