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Liquid Alarm Sensors for Conductive Media ® Series LA LA1S, LA25S Flow Chambers LS, LS25 With Electronic Controllers LA1.1, LA1.4 Instruction Manual Version 1.01.01...
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Dear customer, Thank you for buying our product. In this instruction manual you will find all necessary information about this M&C product. The information in the instruction manual is fast and easy to find, so you can start using your M&C product right after you have read the manual. If you have any question regarding the product or the application, please don’t hesitate to contact M&C or your M&C authorized distributor.
Contents General information ......................4 Declaration of conformity ....................4 Safety instructions ....................... 5 Warranty ..........................5 Used terms and signal indications ..................6 Introduction........................... 8 Application ..........................8 Technical Data ........................8 Description ..........................9 10 Receipt of goods and storage.................... 10 11 Installation instructions and Dimensions .................
Head Office M&C TechGroup Germany GmbH Rehhecke 79 40885 Ratingen Germany Telephone: 02102 / 935 - 0 Fax: 02102 / 935 - 111 E - mail: info@mc-techgroup.com www.mc-techgroup.com GENERAL INFORMATION The product described in this manual has been built and tested in our production facility. All M&C products are packed to be shipped safely.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Follow these safety directions and instructions regarding installation, commissioning and operation of this equipment: Read this manual before commissioning and operating the product. Make sure to follow all safety instructions. Installation and commissioning of electrical devices must be carried out only by qualified skilled personnel in compliance with the current regulations.
USED TERMS AND SIGNAL INDICATIONS This means that death, severe physical injuries and/or important material damages will occur in case the respective safety measures are not fulfilled. D AN G E R ! This means that death, severe physical injuries and/or important material damages may occur in case the respective safety measures are not fulfilled.
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Wear safety glasses! Protect your eyes while working with chemicals or sharpe objects. Wear safety glasses to avoid getting something in your eyes. Wear protective clothes! Working with chemicals, sharpe objects or extremly high temperatures requires wearing protective clothes. www.mc-techgroup.com LA | 1.01.01...
INTRODUCTION ® The M&C liquid alarm units series LA are designed for stationary continuous operation and when installed properly guarantee a long service life and a minimum of maintenance work. APPLICATION Liquid alarm sensors LA1S and LA25S are used in gas sample conditioning systems for monitoring gas cooling and condensate drain-off devices in order to provide protection for downstream analysis instruments.
Electronic Controller Series LA1.1 LA1.4 ® Type Part No. 230 V 50/60 Hz 03E2001* 03E2006 115 V 50/60 Hz 03E2001* 03E2006a 24 V DC 03E2001*d 03E2006d 24 V AC 03E2001*b 03E2006d Mounting Wall mount housing, rail mount housing EN 50022 Sensor inlets Power consumption 2 VA...
The LA1S sensor with its Ø 12 mm glass body can be mounted inside a GL connection of a F...-...-D universal filter or in the LS flow chamber. The LA25S sensor has got a 1/4" special male connector for mounting inside the FSS...-D universal filter or for mounting inside a 8 mm tube using a special union tee connector LS25.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS AND DIMENSIONS The liquid alarm sensor LA...S is used for detecting liquids and is to be installed behind the gas dehydration devices, e.g. behind a gas cooler, but always on the deepest point of the installation. This is provided by the universal filters F…-...-D and the flow chambers LS or LS25. The filters F...-...D and the flow chambers LS are designed for wall mounting and are mounted by using 2 fastening screws.
ø50 G1/4" G1/4" ø5 LA 1S Figure 1 Flow chamber LS with liquid sensor LA1S Sample gas DN 8 LS 25 Sample gas DN 8 LA 25S Figure 2 Flow chamber LS 25 with liquid sensor LA25S LA | 1.01.01 www.mc-techgroup.com...
Sample gas Sample gas Universal filter F..-..D / FSS-..-D LA 25S LA 1S Figure 3 Liquid sensor LA1S with filter F...-...D and LA25S with Filter FSS-...-D MOUNTING 12.1 FACTORY PRE-ASSEMBLY OF COMPLETE MONITORING UNITS If a complete monitoring unit consisting of a liquid sensor, universal filter or flow chamber and electronic controller is ordered as a complete unit, the sensor is mounted as far as possible in the corresponding mounting hardware at the factory.
12.2 MOUNTING THE SENSOR LA1S INTO THE UNIVERSAL FILTER If individual components are assembled by the customer, the sensor is mounted as follows: • Remove the GL25 union nut incl. the inner GL25-12 clamping ring from the filter. • Pull the red cable anti-kink protection of the LA1S sensor backwards, in the direction of the connecting cable from the sensor body using slight swivel movements.
Union nut Antikink Pos. Part No. Description 9 0E1000 FPM O-ring 14 PVDF – pressing ring 16 90E1010 03E1001 Liquid sensor LA1S with 4 m connection cable 03E3100 Flow chamber LS with union nut Figure 4 Mounting of the sensor LA1S into flow chamber LS 12.4 MOUNTING THE SENSOR LA25S ONTO THE UNIVERSAL FILTER If individual components are assembled by the customer, the sensor is mounted as follows: •...
12.5 MOUNTING THE SENSOR LA25S INTO THE FLOW CHAMBER LS25 If individual components are assembled by the customer, the sensor is mounted as follows: • Insert the sensor with the pre-assembled union nut and the pre-assembled pressure and cutting ring into the screw fitting and tighten the union nut. First tighten the nut hand-tight, then tighten the nut exactly 1 1/4 turn with a flat spanner.
13.1.1 ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER LA1.1 The following steps must be carried out for electrical connection (see Figure 4): • Loosen the 4 lid screws and remove the lid. • Lead the connection cables through the respective clamp fitting. • The electrical connection of the sensor LA1S or LA25S is made according the colors on the terminals 5 = brown and 6 = white.
Figure 5 Electrical connection and dimensions LA1.1 13.1.2 ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER LA1.4 For the electrical connection, the following steps have to be carried out (see also Figure 5): • The electrical connection of the sensor LA1S or LA25S is to be made on terminals 5 = brown and 6 = white.
• The center contact is connected to terminals 11, 21. • The relay contact 14, 24 = OK is energized in the good state. Figure 6 Electrical connection and dimensions LA1.4 www.mc-techgroup.com LA | 1.01.01...
Figure 7 LA1.4 assembly diagram 13.2 PNEUMATIC CONNECTIONS When using the universal filters F...-...-D and the flow chamber LS, two screw connections with thread G 1/4" a and corresponding hose or tube connection must be used for the connection of sample gas lines.
COMMISSIONING 14.1 COMMISSIONING WITH A DRY SENSOR Switch on the mains voltage, the green LED of the electronic controller LA1.1 or LA1.4 lights up. The liquid alarm control is ready to work! In case the read alarm LED lights up, there is liquid on the sensor or there is a line break or you must do an adjustment of the sensitivity (see chapter 14.3).
Aggressive condensate possible. W A R N I N G ! Chemical burns due to aggressive media possible! Wear protective glasses and protective clothes when dismounting, repairing or cleaning the sensor! 14.3 ADJUSTMENT OF SENSITIVITY A standard adjustment of the electronic controllers LA1.1 and LA1.4 for a conductivity of 100 µS/cm is carried out at the factory.
14.4 ADJUSTMENT OF ALARM HOLDING FUNCTION A self-retaining of the alarm is optionally configurable. In the event of an alarm, a manual reset must then be carried out. The following steps must be carried out to set up the alarm hold function: •...
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Aggressive condensate possible. W AR N I N G ! Chemical burns due to aggressive media possible! Wear safety glasses and respective protective clothes when dismounting, repairing or cleaning the sensor! In case of a defect of the electronic, please send the instrument for repair to M&C TechGroup. LA | 1.01.01 www.mc-techgroup.com...
SPARE PARTS LIST The requirement of wear, tear and spare parts depend on specific operating conditions. The quantities we recommend are based on experience and are not binding. Liquid alarm sensor unit LA... (V) Consumables, (E) Recommended spare parts, (T) Spare parts Recommended quantity for operation during a period of xxx years...