Can I add a remote notification light to my 850 Series liquid level alarm?

Yes, a low voltage strobe light beacon can be easily added to either an 850H high level or 850L low level alarm. The beacon shown below can be supplied as a special-order item. Contact your Boshart sales representative.

Application:

1-Zone Flood Alarm with Strobe Light Beacon - This application example shows an 850H Alarm 1-Zone Flood Alarm with a Float Switch (Sump Pump application) or with either an 850-WSF Water Sensor (Shown in the diagram below) or 850-WSP Water sensor Probe Flood Sensor installed in a utility room and Strobe Beacon installed in an office for remote alarm notification.

When connecting the strobe beacon to a 1-zone alarm panel, the red (+/positive) wire is connected to terminal C and the black (-/negative) wire is connected to terminal 2. The field installed flood sensor (signaling device) is connected to terminals C and 1.

When water activates the flood sensor, an alarm condition occurs. During an alarm condition, the red alarm LED will illuminate, buzzer will annunciate, and auxiliary contacts on the alarm panel will activate. The strobe beacon will illuminate when the alarm panel is in an alarm condition, providing remote notification of an alarm condition in the monitoring area

Description of Operation:

The Strobe Beacon is an indoor and outdoor rated LED alarm beacon for remote notification of an alarm condition. The beacon comes fully assembled from the factory. Use only with Boshart 850H high Level or 850L Low Level alarm monitoring systems, rated 6-12VDC.

The enclosure has an ingress protection rating of IP64, which is dust tight, and water splashed from all directions (limited ingress permitted).

The strobe beacon connects to the 850H / 850L indoor alarm panel using two low voltage wires. The alarm panel sends a signal to the beacon and provides remote notification of an alarm condition for the zone which the beacon is connected to. The beacon must be connected to only one set of terminals in which a sensor (signaling device) is also connected. A conduit box is included on the base of the beacon to house wiring connections, seal all conduits to prevent moisture and/or gases from entering the beacon.

Standard Feature:

(1) Beacon Lens - Red beacon lens connects to the beacon base, high impact, and heat resistant.

(2) Beacon Base - High impact, houses circuit board and power wires. The rubber gasket creates a weather resistant seal when fastening the lens to the base.

(3) Circuit Board - Contains LEDs and power wires, fastened to the beacon base with wires routed through the bottom of the conduit box.

(4) Beacon LEDs - 12 high intensity flashing LEDs are located on the circuit board, flash at 120 times/minute and provide an operating life of over 50,000 hours.

(5) Power Wires (not shown) - Two power wires are included, red (+) and black (-), rated 6-12VDC, 150mA maximum, and includes reverse polarity protection.

(6) Base Screws - Securely fastens the beacon base to the conduit box attachment plate.

(7) Conduit Box - Includes four mounting holes, two threaded access holes, rubber plug for wiring routing, attachment plate, rubber gasket, and houses wiring.

(8) Attachment Plate - Attaches to conduit box and accepts the screws from the beacon base.

(9) Rubber Gasket - Creates a water-resistant seal when fastening the beacon base to the conduit box.

(10) Foam Gasket (not shown) - Fastened to the bottom of the conduit box and creates a weather resistant seal when installing the conduit box.

Specifications:

• Electrical: 6-12VDC (reverse polarity protection)
• Operating Current: 150mA maximum
• LEDs: 12 LEDs, flash rate 120 times/minute
• Wiring: 18-gauge wire when connecting to an 850H / 850L alarm monitoring system.
• Enclosure: IP64, Indoor and Outdoor (ingress protection)
• Operating Life: Over 50,000 hours (over 5.7 years)