LOOPSENSE EN54
INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING
PRIMARY POWER SOURCE CALCULATIONS
Battery Charger Current
Requirement: Battery is charged for 24 hrs to provide 5Iq + 0.5Ia
( 5 x 157 ) + ( 0.5 x 537 )
Battery Charging
Current Required
Where e is the battery
efficiency, 0.8
Select the greater, 1 or 2
1. Ia + non- battery backed ancillary alarm loads
2. Iq + non – battery backed quiescent loads
If the power supply is used as the charger the current rating of the supply shall be [(1 or 2) + battery
charger current].
Note: Remember to take into account ALL outputs that will be switched on when calculating Ida.
Abbreviations Used
Ia: CURRENT DRAW IN ALARM
Ida: CURRENT DRAW IN ALARM WITH DEVICES ACTIVATED
Idd: CURRENT DRAW IN ALARM WITH DEVICES DEACTIVATED
Iq: QUIESCENT CURRENT