“Safe” and “User friendly” are descriptions
which have always been difficult to combine when designing a product.
Sleipner are therefore proud to introduce a new Side-Power Automatic
Main Switch / Fuse combination which manages to incorporate both
improved safety and user friendliness.
For safety reasons
electric thrusters must have a fuse and a main switch / circuit breaker
in the main power feed circuit. When there is an abnormal current
consumption in the circuit the fuse will blow, but situations can arise
when the fuse will not blow and it becomes necessary, for the safety of
the crew, boat and those around, to shut down the main power to the
thruster. The problem is that in most cases the main power switch /
circuit breaker is a manual switch located in the bilge, technical room
or even the engine room so that you will have to leave the control
position to shut it off. Even boats with remote-controlled main
breakers might not be easy to shut down either. This because these
breakers often support more than just the thruster so that shutting it
down will also shut down other systems that you might need to be
operational.
Many boatowners may not take the time to read
manuals and learn about their boat and equipment as well as they
should. So they might not know what to shut off in case of a problem.
The main switch is fast and easy to shut off without leaving the
steering position simply by pushing the OFF on the control panel, which
should be the logic thing to do in a problem situation – even for those
not very familiar with the equipment. It is also very common to forget
to shut off their main switches when leaving the boat. As the
Side-Power control panels have an Auto-Off function, the main switch
will automatically shut off also and this problem is gone. With the new
Side-Power Automatic Main Switch / Fuse product installed the boats
thruster system has ultimate safety and maximum user friendliness.
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