Surge Protection
Surging of the compres s or c an be determined by the PIC thro ug h operator configured
settings. Surge will cause amperage fluctuat io ns of the compressor moto r . T he P I C monitors
these amperage swin gs, and if the swing is greater than the co nfigurable setting in one second,
then one surge count has occurred. The
SURGE DELTA PERCENT AMPS
setting is displayed
and configured on the Service1 screen. It has a default setting of 25% amps,
SURGE
PROTECTION COUNTS
can be monitored on the Mai nt03 table.
A surge protection shu td own of the machine will occu r when ever the surge protectio n
counter reaches 12 counts with in an operator sp ecified time, kn own as the
SURGE TIME
PERIOD
. The
SURGE TIME PERIOD
is displayed and configured on the Service1 screen. It
has a default of 2 minutes.

Click here for Fig ure 21 — 17/19EX Hot Gas By pass/Surge Prevention

Click here for Fig ure 22 — 17/19EX With Defau lt Metric Settings