Surge Protection 
Surging of the compressor can be determined by the PIC through operator configured 
settings. Surge will cause amperage fluctuations of the compressor motor. The PIC monitors 
these amperage swings, and if the swing is greater than the configurable setting in one second, 
then one surge count has occurred. The 
SURGE DELTA PERCENT AMPS
 setting is displayed 
and configured on the Service1 screen. It has a default setting of 25% amps, 
SURGE 
PROTECTION COUNTS
 can be monitored on the Maint03 table. 
A surge protection shutdown of the machine will occur whenever the surge protection 
counter reaches 12 counts within an operator specified time, known as the 
SURGE TIME 
PERIOD
. The 
SURGE TIME PERIOD
 is displayed and configured on the Service1 screen. It 
has a default of 2 minutes.
Click here for Figure 21 — 17/19EX Hot Gas Bypass/Surge Prevention
Click here for Figure 22 — 17/19EX With Default Metric Settings