12   Monitored lines   
 
Figure 14: SIGMAPLUS SDF2200 Optical smoke detector 
  Operating conditions  Sample applications 
P1  Difficult detectionconditions 
High risk for persons, buildings and merchandise. 
Hazardous storage goods 
High level of smoke thinning, for example,as a result of 
ventilation, room height, etc.False alarm contributing fac-
tors only permittedin rooms with very high ceilings. 
Not compliant with EN 54-7 
rooms with very high ceilings open 
oper warehoses chem.. industry 
P2  
Highest value concentration  
High risk for persons and material assets  
 
Very low false alarm contributing factors  
No smoking areas  
VdS-tested in accordance with EN 54-7 
EDP, telephone switches  
Museums  
Hospitals, health care facilities  
P3  
Rooms with high ceilings 
Risk for persons and material assets  
Room height over 5 m  
 
Low and short-term false alarm contributing factors  
VdS-tested in accordance with EN 54-7 
Clean rooms (fabrication facilities)  
Shopping centers  
P4  
High value concentration 
Risk for material assets and persons Room height aver-
age or over 5 m 
 
Low and medium short-term deception values  
VdS-tested in accordance with EN 54-7 
Fabrication facilities  
Industry  
P5  
Medium value concentration/Standard  
Risk for material assets and persons  
Room height up to 5 m  
 
Low to medium and short-term false alarm contributing 
factors  
VdS-tested in accordance with EN 54-7 
Offices  
Corridors  
P6  
Medium value concentration and interference  
Risk for material assets and persons  
 
Medium and long-term false alarm contributing factors  
for example, tobacco smoke, water vapor, short-term  
VdS-tested in accordance to EN 54-7 
Offices where smoking is permitted,  
Shops,  
Hotel rooms,  
Restaurants, assembly buildings  
P7  Low value concentration and high interference  Not compliant with EN 54-7 
 
  Risk for material assets 
High and long-term false alarm contributing factors for, 
for example: 
smoke, dust *)/dirt accumulation,  vapor, dewfall, etc,. 
Vulcanization 
Heavy industry 
Garage for heavy goods vehicles 
  SDF3100 should be used to monitor high risk areas  Priming systems 
ventilation systems 
Table 28: Operating conditions and sample applications 
*) Use filtered priming systems for light dust (e.g. from cement, feed industry)! 
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