How to handle and respond to In-Port Alarms
With UseaMy-SOS installed in the boat, you can also connect 3 different alarms that use the Nav. Lights to create attention if something is not right in the boat, even when no one is on board.
- LPG gas leak
- To much water in the hull
- Low voltage in battery
LPG gas leak Alarm – Gas sensor is sold separately.
Install the Gas-sensor in a low location in the boat, as LPG gas i heavier then air (imagine that the gas behaves like slow flowing water), but not to low so it can come in contact with bilge water. And place it in a space near the gas equipment. You can connect several Gas-sensors if you want.
Activated if Gas is leaking, the Nav. Lights and the SOS button will start to quick flash and an audible alarm will sound inside the boat.
If the Gas leak was temporarily the alarm will stop with in 1 minute.
Be extremely careful, NO open flame. Ventilate the inside of the boat properly. Lift the floorboards as the gas finds its way down.
To turn off the alarm manually, briefly press the SOS button.
Turn off the gas cylinder. If Gas is still i the boat the alarm will start again. Turn of engine and main battery switch. Leave the boat as soon as possible.
If you are far from land, and the LPG gas leak Alarm continues, activate SOS and send Mayday for help.
Too much water in the hull – Float-switch included.
Install the Float-switch in a central location in the bilge, at a height where ordinary bilge water does not reach.
Activated if the water level reaches above the Float-switch, the SOS button will start flash and an audible alarm will sound inside the boat. With a character of 2 flashes/sounds every 4 seconds. This goes on for 3 minutes, then transitions to having the same flash with the Nav. Lights and the SOS button, but no sound. When the water level go below the Float-switch, the alarm will stop.
To turn off the alarm manually, briefly press the SOS button.
Start the emergency/bilge pump. If the water level do’nt go below the Float-switch, the alarm will restart again after 1 minute.
Low voltage alarm – Built-in the device
Activated when voltage is below 12.2V longer than ten minutes (below 24.4V). The alarm starts with the SOS button flashing and an audible alarm sounding inside the boat. With a character of 1 flash/sound every 4 seconds. This goes on for 10 minutes, then transitions to having the same flash with Nav. Lights and the SOS button, but no sound.
When the voltage go above 12,5V (25V) the alarm will stop after 1 minute. If the voltage gets higher than 13V then the alarm is canceled immediately.
To turn off the alarm manually, briefly press the SOS button, or charge the batteries. If the voltage does not increase, the alarm will restart again after 10 minutes.