Design requirements
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Design requirements

  13 The flooding detection system and equipment should be suitably designed to withstand supply voltage variation and transients, ambient temperature changes, vibration, humidity, shock, impact and corrosion normally encountered in ships. Sensor cabling and junction boxes should be suitably rated to ensure operability of the detection system in a flooded condition. In addition, the detection system should be designed on the fail-to-safety principle, where an open sensor circuit should result in an alarm condition.footnote

  14 The flooding detection system should be continuously powered and should have an automatic change-over to a stand-by power supply in case of loss of the normal power supply. Failure of the normal power supply should be indicated by an alarm.footnote

Parent topic: Annex – Guidelines for Flooding Detection Systems on Passenger Ships
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