Alarm Types
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6 ALARM TYPES
The protection included with the DSE control modules provides increasing levels of notification, depending
upon the severity of the situation:
Indication No audible alarm or common warning signal occurs.
Indication alarms are only used to illuminate indicators or to activate outputs.
Warning Audible alarm and common alarm signal is generated. The set continues to
run.
Warning alarms are used to draw the operator’s attention to a minor issue or
to a problem that may escalate to an Electrical Trip or Shutdown Alarm if left
untreated.
Electrical Trip Audible alarm and common alarm signal is generated. The set is taken off
load and the cooling timer begins, after which the set is stopped.
Electrical Trip alarms are serious issues that require the set to be taken off
load. As the name implies, this is often electrical faults that occur ‘after’ the
load breaker. The set is allowed to cool before stopping.
Shutdown Audible alarm and common alarm signal is generated. The set is taken off
load and immediately stopped.
Shutdown alarms are serious issues that demand immediate stopping of the
generator. For instance Emergency Stop or Overspeed alarms require
immediate shutdown.
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