MSA ULTIMA X5000 - Installing a Remote Sensor Junction Box

Figure 23 Mounting the SM5000 with Digital Sensor
Figure 24 Mounting the SM5000 with XIR PLUS Sensor
SM5000isnotforsaleinEU.
DiffusionSupervisionmustbedisabledwhenusingtheSM5000
3.5 InstallingaRemoteSensorJunctionBox
SensorsmountedremotelymustusetheULTIMAX5000orJB5000junctionbox.Onlyonesensorcanbeconnectedto
eachjunctionbox.ThejunctionboxhousingisthesameconstructionastheULTIMAX5000transmitter.Themounting
optionsandinstructionsforconnectingthesensorarethesameforsensorsconnecteddirectlytotheULTIMAX5000
transmitterhousing.Thejunctionboxisavailablein316StainlessSteel.
Sensorscanberemotedupto328ft(100m)fromthetransmitterhousing,aslongastheULTIMAX5000transmitteris
mountedwithinmaximumdistancefromthepowersupply,asindicatedintablesin3.6.4PowerLoadRequirementsand
MaximumMountingDistances.Thejunctionboxdoesnothaveanilluminateddisplayandhastwoconnectors:asingle
sensorinputandanoutputconnectingtothetransmitter.A16AWG(1.31mm
2
)4elementcablewithabraidedshieldshould
beusedfortheelectricalconnectionbetweenthejunctionboxandtheULTIMAX5000transmitter.Specificcable
recommendationsareAlphawire3248orequivalent.
TheX5000junctionboxorJB5000mustbeusedforremotemountedsensors.Theuseofthirdpartyjunction
boxesmayvoidproductwarranty.
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