Lucent Technologies Lineage
®
2000 ECS Battery Plant J85500D-3
Issue 5 January 1999
Product Description 2 - 11
from the rectifiers and/or batteries. The shunt has a full scale
rating of 50 millivolts at the maximum plant current of 300
amperes. The shunt millivolt signal is sent, via the CP5 Fuse
Board, to the controller where it is translated to amperes and
displayed on the digital meter.
Low voltage
battery
disconnect/
reconnect
(LVD/R) feature
In unattended battery plant locations, especially those without
automatic back-up ac, batteries could be completely discharged
during an ac power outage. The ECS Battery Plant may be
equipped with an optional automatic battery disconnect to
prevent costly battery damage due to unforeseen deep discharge.
This disconnect is designed to isolate batteries from the load
when the plant voltage reaches the lowest usable battery voltage.
The disconnect level is below the operating range of most load
equipment, in which case service to the load would already have
been lost. The disconnect does not separate the load circuits from
the rectifiers, thus enabling the rectifiers to begin powering the
load as soon as ac power is restored.
The LVD/R option consists of the LVD/R Contactor, circuitry
on the CP5 Fuse Board and associated wiring. As shown in
Figures 2-3, the LVD/R Contactor (K1) is used either to connect
or disconnect Battery Bus 1 and Battery Bus 2.
When the battery voltage drops below a preset level, a
comparator circuit on the CP5 Fuse Board senses the low voltage
condition and removes power to the contactor. This opens the
connection between Battery Buses 1 and 2, disconnecting the
batteries from the rectifiers and the load. The user has a choice
of disconnect threshold voltages (40.5 and 42.5 volts), as
described in the Suggested Installation Sequence instructions in
Section 3 of this manual under Controller and LVD Setup.
When the contactor is open and the rectifiers are not delivering
power, the controller is unpowered as well. In this state, the
controller displays and LEDs are extinguished and various
alarms are issued to the alarm reporting center. (See the
Lineage
®
2000 Controller manual for further details.)
Red “LVD OPEN” and yellow “LVD FAIL” LEDs are located
on the dc distribution panel. The red “LVD OPEN” LED is lit
whenever the contactor is open, during a normal disconnect or in
the unlikely event of a contactor failure. Once the contactor
opens it remains open until the battery voltage exceeds the set
threshold voltage. The LVD sensing circuitry is redundant. A
