Section 12 – Power Requirements
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Total 10: STANDBY CURRENT LIMITS
Standby Time/Alarm Time Total Standby Current
50VA with 24AH Battery
Total Standby Current
72VA with 34.4AH Battery
Residential BA:
4 hours standby + 4 minutes alarm
1.0A 1.0A
Mercantile BA:
4 hours standby + 15 minutes alarm
1.0A 1.0A
Residential FA:
24 hours standby + 4 minutes alarm
605mA 1.0A
Local or Central Station Commercial FA:
24 hours standby + 5 minutes alarm
Not Applicable 1.0A
Remote Station FA:
60 hours standby + 5 minutes alarm
Not Applicable 218mA
Bank Safe and Vault BA:
72 hours standby + 15 minutes alarm
Not Applicable 132mA
8.
After deciding which devices will be carried by the supplementary power supply, if used, revise the
Tables 4 through 9 in steps 1-6 to reflect the total control unit peripheral standby and alarm
currents.
Determining the Size of the Standby Battery
The standby battery must be capable of powering the various sensors and sounding devices, as well as
the control unit and its internal accessories, (communicator module, relays, etc.), for predetermined
periods of time. Use the following worksheets to calculate the required size of the standby battery.
Battery Current Calculation Worksheet
The values shown in Table 11 are fixed. Use these values in Table 12 to calculate the total battery
currents.
Table 11: FOCUS 200 PLUS PCB CURRENT
CIRCUIT BOARD CURRENT Total Current
Standby Alarm
Includes 2-wire smoke detector loading on points 1 & 2 300mA 440mA
*472402A Backup Dialer Module
5mA
(inactive)
15mA
(active)
*472402A actually draws 55mA when active. However, because FOCUS 200 PLUS PCB current
includes the built-in main dialer, and because the main dialer is inactive when 472402A is active,
472402A imposes only 15mA added current on the FOCUS 200 PLUS power supply.