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What does blue mean on the control panel?

By William Brown |

What does blue mean on the control panel?

Blue=plant available but held off by BMS. Blue=plant available but held off due to standby generator in use. Blue=plant available but held off due to fire interlock. I changed the “power on” lamps from red to white, otherwise the colours are as supplied.

What does Green mean on the control panel?

Anyone unfamiliar with the plant should know/can be told that any lights other than white or green warrant investigation. When dealing with small loads that are intended to be on all the time, I feel that green is correct. Pity that fused spurs and the like cant be easily obtained with green pilot lamps.

What does white mean on a control panel?

White=plant under BMS control/link to BMS OK. Red=plant tripped due to pressurisation unit fault. Blue=plant available but held off by BMS. Blue=plant available but held off due to standby generator in use.

What does blue mean on a power plant?

Blue=plant available but held off due to standby generator in use. Blue=plant available but held off due to fire interlock. I changed the “power on” lamps from red to white, otherwise the colours are as supplied. Anyone unfamiliar with the plant should know/can be told that any lights other than white or green warrant investigation.

Blue=plant available but held off by BMS. Blue=plant available but held off due to standby generator in use. Blue=plant available but held off due to fire interlock. I changed the “power on” lamps from red to white, otherwise the colours are as supplied.

Can you use light blue wiring on a control panel?

Click to expand… The code for it is that they are permitted to be light blue when there are no other colors of the same color. So if you had IS wiring in your control panel, you could still use a regular blue for your DC, or you could just label your IS wiring and use whatever colors you choose.

Anyone unfamiliar with the plant should know/can be told that any lights other than white or green warrant investigation. When dealing with small loads that are intended to be on all the time, I feel that green is correct. Pity that fused spurs and the like cant be easily obtained with green pilot lamps.

Blue=plant available but held off due to standby generator in use. Blue=plant available but held off due to fire interlock. I changed the “power on” lamps from red to white, otherwise the colours are as supplied. Anyone unfamiliar with the plant should know/can be told that any lights other than white or green warrant investigation.