92 Chapter 14   Specifications
Searchline Excel™ Plus / Searchline Excel™ Edge – Technical Manual
14   Specifications
Specifications
Primary Gases 
(Performance approved 
gases
1, 2
)
Searchline Excel Plus & Edge will respond to a wide range of Hydrocarbon Gases*:
Methane
1,2
, Ethane
1
, Propane
1,2
, Butane
1
, Pentane
1
, Hexane, Ethylene
1
, Propylene
1
, 
1 
FM Performance Approved; 
2
 DNV approved;
The default calibration is to Universal Hydrocarbon**. 
Optional Gases Calibration to other gases is optional and should be consulted with Honeywell.
Range Methane  05 LEL.m / 0220,000 ppm.m
Ethane  05 LEL.m / 0120,000 ppm.m
Propane  05 LEL.m / 085,000 ppm.m
Butane  05 LEL.m / 070,000 ppm.m
Pentane  05 LEL.m / 055,000 ppm.m
Hexane  05 LEL.m / 050,000 ppm.m
Ethylene  05 LEL.m / 0115,000 ppm.m
Propylene  05 LEL.m / 0100,000 ppm.m
Recommended
Alarm Setting
Low 1 LEL.m  High 3 LEL.m
(and equivalent ppm.m):  (and equivalent ppm.m):
Methane  44,000 ppm.m  Methane  132,000 ppm.m
Ethane  24,000 ppm.m  Ethane  72,000 ppm.m
Propane  17,000 ppm.m  Propane  51,000 ppm.m
Butane  14,000 ppm.m  Butane  42,000 ppm.m
Pentane  11,000 ppm.m  Pentane  33,000 ppm.m
Hexane  10,000 ppm.m  Hexane  30,000 ppm.m
Ethylene  23,000 ppm.m  Ethylene  69,000 ppm.m
Propylene  20,000 ppm.m  Propylene  60,000 ppm.m
Recommended 
Minimum Alarm Setting
0.5 LEL.m (and equivalent ppm.m):
Methane  22,000 ppm.m
Ethane  12,000 ppm.m
Propane  8,500 ppm.m
Butane  7,000 ppm.m
Pentane  5,500 ppm.m
Hexane  5,000 ppm.m
Ethylene  11,500 ppm.m
Propylene  10,000 ppm.m
Path Length Searchline Excel Plus:  2 m to 120 m (6 ft to 393 ft)
Searchline Excel Edge:  60 m to 330 m (196 ft to 1082 ft) 
Speed of Response T90 less than 3 seconds
Analog Output Signal 420 mA Normal operation, 1 mA Fault*
2 mA Inhibit, 3 mA Warning, 21 mA Overrange 
*Searchline Excel Plus and Searchline Excel Edge will indicate Fault after 30 s without signal. 
This value is programmable. To comply with FM performance approval, the maximum value for 
Time to Block is 200 s.
Environmental 
Operating Temperature
55 °C to +75 °C (67 °F to +167 °F); DNVGLCG0339 Location Class B
Storage Temperature 
Range
55 °C to +75 °C (67 °F to +167 °F)  DNVGLCG0339 Location Class B
Power Supply 24 Vdc nominal (18 Vdc to 32 Vdc)
*  Searchline Excel Plus & Edge will respond to most hydrocarbon gases as most do absorb IR in the required wavelengths.
**  Calibration to Universal Hydrocarbon covers a range of specific but different gases within one calibration that meets 
the requirements of the performance standard.