12   Monitored lines   
 
Figure 19: Load factors in relation to line diameter and line length 
Example: For a 2000m cable with 0.8 mm ∅, a maximum of 150 load factors may be con-
nected. 
The curves allow for the leakage currents occurring with a creeping short circuit and a load 
factor increase of 5 detectors with load factor 1 in alarm state. 
The line capacity can limit the line length if lines are very long. 
Note: 
If SIGMALOOP/spur or MS8 wires are run in the same cable as FDnet wires, faults 
may occur (above all in the initialization phase) in the SIGMALOOP or when trigger-
ing the alarms of MS8 detectors. 
FDnet alarm lines from different modules can be run in the same cable. 
Each of the following lines has separate earth fault monitoring: 
Loop 1 and 2 respectively spurs 1,2,5,6 
Loop 3 and 4 respectively spurs 3,4,7,8 
 
 To calculate the power requirement for the Sinteso detector periphery you can also 
use the Excel tables on the PSP (Product Support Platform). https://psp.sbt.siemens.com/ 
 
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