Description
Fike’s Emergency Power Shutdown Management System (EPSMS) is a control panel designed to consolidate and coordinate emergency power off (EPO) in a timely and efficient manner. This panel allows for control and shutdown to occur from one consolidated and central point. This is in comparison to a typical EPO installation that many times is last minute and considered an afterthought. Typical installations often are decentralized systems, comprised of relays distributed throughout the room, under floors, and above ceilings. Power circuits feeding shunt-trip breakers are not identified and not monitored. These systems are rarely documented with no wiring drawings. No maintenance bypass switch is installed that would allow an EPO condition to be locked out for routine maintenance. The typical EPO installation is not easily modified or expanded and is susceptable to expensive false activation.