Regulation 22 - Alarm system
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Regulation 22 - Alarm system

  (1) An alarm system shall be provided which shall indicate any fault requiring attention.

  (2)

  • (a) The alarm system shall be capable of sounding an audible alarm in the machinery space and shall indicate visually each separate alarm function at a suitable position.

  • (b) The alarm system shall have a connection to the engineers' cabins through a selector switch to ensure connection to one of those cabins and to the engineers' public rooms, if any. The Administration may permit alternative arrangements which provide an equivalent measure of safety.

  • (c) An engineers' alarm and an alarm to the wheelhouse for persons on watch shall be activated if an alarm function has not received attention within a limited period as specified by the Administration.

  • (d) Audible and visual alarms shall be activated in the wheelhouse for any situation requiring action by the responsible person on watch or which should be brought to his attention.

  • (e) The alarm system shall as far as practicable be designed on the fail-safe principle.

  (3) The alarm system shall be:

  • (a) continuously powered with automatic change-over to a stand-by power supply in case of loss of normal power supply; and

  • (b) activated by failure of the normal power supply.

  (4)

  • (a) The alarm system shall be able to indicate at the same time more than one fault and the acceptance of any alarm shall not inhibit another alarm.

  • (b) Acceptance at the position referred to in paragraph (2)(a) of any alarm condition shall be indicated at the positions where it was shown. Alarms shall be maintained until they are accepted and the visual indications shall remain until the fault has been corrected. All alarms shall automatically reset when the fault has been rectified.

Parent topic: Part D - Periodically Unattended Machinery Spaces (See also regulation 3 )
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