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16 Separate Channels from 5 to 200VDC, or 24 to
1000VAC.
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1 Switched Analog Channel. Able to read any of the 8 Ground fault
channels
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Electrical:
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15VDC input at 230mA
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Ground Fault Monitor 26.5VDC high impedance
>3M Ohm
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Analog Channel selected BCD 4 wire, 0-15VDC
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Analog Output 0-5VDC 25mA max.
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8 Optically Isolated and Amplified Water Alarm
Sensor Channels
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Mechanical:
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Optical isolation between sensed circuits and
power supply.
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Stock item,
US$830.00 each
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Higher Voltages
> 120VAC require sense blocks
Circuit
Description:
The DTEC Ltd. GFIWAT ground fault monitoring board
places a high impedance (~2M2 ohms) voltage source of +25.6 VDC, with respect
to chassis ground, onto sixteen channels. It then measures the drop across
sensing resistors. These (1M2 single phase 1M8 3 phase) sensing resistors are
installed in an epoxied block close to the high voltage source. If a ground
fault condition developes this +25.6 vdc level decreases. If +25.6 VDC is
measured with respect to chassis ground on the monitored channel there is no
ground fault. As this voltage drops, a corresponding decrease in the ground
fault resistance level is sensed and an increasing analog output voltage for
that channel is produced.
There are 3 sections to the circuit board:
Power
Supply
The 2 - DC-DC converters receive a logic +15 vdc and output +/- 15 vdc. These
work in series to create a +60 vdc circuit and a single +15 vdc with respect to
chassis ground. Minimum current required by the board is 1 amps to startup and
nominally 370ma running. Typical load in a no ground fault condition is 170mA
(normal operation). There is also an additional DC-DC converter to allow the
board to be run from a 12
Analog
Output/Isolator
Provides isolation and amplification/conditioning of the analog signal. The
output is with reference to power supply ground and should range from +0.00 to
+5.00 vdc.
Bit
Select Input
This is the section which selects the channel that will be routed through the
analog isolator. The following is a table for the bit select levels and the
corresponding channel to be routed to the analog output.
For download of Schematic and General Arrangement in
DXF format go to download files.
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Note : lsb : Least Significant Bit |
Board Setup
Test points used on the board
Setup
Place a full ground fault (two 1M2 resistors in parrallel from chassis ground
and the input) on channel #1. Tune Pot 1 so that the analog output is 5.00 VDC.
Replace the short (ground fault) with a 5 Meg Ohm resistor. Tune P2 so that the
analog output is 0.62 Volts. Retune Pot 1 with a short on the ground fault/5.00
Volts output and retune P2 with a 5 Meg Ohm resistor/0.62 Volts output until no
further adjustments are needed.
Water Alarm Section
The water alarm section uses a transistor amplifier
and opto-isolator to sense the current flow through two preferably gold
contacts placed at the bottom of subsea housings. As the water touches the
contacts the current flow turns on the transistor which turns on the diode in
the opto-isolator. The isolator provides protection to the telemetry digital
inputs ensuring that any noise or voltage transients present at the gold
contacts (which are usually placed in high voltage environments) cannot reach
the digital inputs. The isolation is 1500VAC. There is a 12 Volt DC-DC
converter on the board providing isolated power for the transistors/gold
contacts. The water alarm outputs are normally tied high and when there is a
water alarm condition the output goes low (logic ground)