Seakeeper 3 - Normal Shut-Down Procedure

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Section 2: SYSTEM OPERATION
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2.4 Normal Shut-Down
The Seakeeper should be stopped when stabilization is no longer required.
1) Press Seakeeper On/Off button. The On/Off button will turn grey. The Seakeeper will start
coasting.
When the flywheel has stopped spinning 0 RPM will appear on the service screen
2) Once the vessel is secured in the slip, switch the high current and low current DC power
to the Seakeeper off. The flywheel will continue to spool down to zero rpm. This can take
8+ hours from full speed.
The Seakeeper should be stopped when stabilization is no longer
required. Once the vessel is secured in the slip, the high and low
current DC power to the Seakeeper should be switched to the Off
position. The Seakeeper will continue to spool down to zero rpm.
No cooling is required during this time. Note Seakeeper will take
8+ hours to coast down to zero rpm from full speed.
Note: The seawater pump may run for up to 5 minutes after the
Seakeeper is switched off and is coasting (with low current DC
power applied).
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