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Feature Description,
How to Apply &
Customer Value Enhancement
AmpSentry
The Problem
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Traditional Solution
ATS
800 Amps
Genset
800 Amps
Utility
Loads
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100% rated circuit breaker assemblies can be expensive and still not
provide adequate protection.
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AmpSenty Application
Use a disconnect device with the genset when It is required by Code.
The customer wants an isolation device.
A disconnect device is not required by Code when
There is a single isolated genset installed indooors within sight of the
transfer switch.
Used with gensets that incorporate paralleling circuit breakers.
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800 Amps
Utility
Loads
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ATS
800 Amps
800 Amps
Utility
Loads
Disconnect Switch
800 Amps
Paralleling Circuit
Breaker
ATS
Utility
AmpSentry Output
1600 Amps
Loads
800 Amps
Paralleling Circuit
Breaker
Smart Protection
AmpSentry is UL Listed as a protective relay for emergency electrical
systems.
AmpSentry is far smarter and more sophisticated than a traditional
circuit breaker.
AmpSentry will provide active current limiting to protect the generator set
alternator, disconnect switch, feeder conductors and transfer switch.
In a short circuit condition, AmpSentry provides 3x rated current for a
short time to guarantee Code mandated downstream circuit breaker
coordination.
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Customer Value
AmpSentry provides customers with Code mandated and third party
(UL) certified electrical power system protection and coordination
matched to the characteristics of the generator set alternator.
AmpSentry eliminates nuisance circuit breaker trips.
AmpSentry provides additional protection a circuit breaker cannot
provide.
AmpSentry saves money by replacing the circuit breaker with a less
expense disconnect device or in some cases by the elimination of the
circuit breaker.
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AmpSentry Solution
AmpSentry is the best technical and most cost
effective solution for the protection and
coordination of a facilities emergency electrical
system.
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Backup Slides
The following slides illustrate thermal-mag breaker
performance.
AmpSentry is designed to provide the highest level
of power system protection. Thermal-mag
breakers are not designed to specifically match
the damage characteristics of an alternator.
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BREAKER TRIP CURVE
TIME
ALTERNATOR
DAMAGE CURVE
RATED AMPS
AMPS
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PowerCommand
Protection is Based
on Alternator Thermal
Damage Curve
Provides Improved
Breaker Coordination
Fault Regulation
Protects Alternator
During Common
Fault Conditions
Three Phase
Decrement Curve
RATED AMPS
TIME
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Operation Curve
Not Instantaneous
AMPS
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