Blue Sea Systems Announces a New Family of Battery Management Panels
18th January 2006
Blue Sea Systems, manufacturer of innovative marine electrical products, introduces a new family of battery management panels that expands their current line. These panels provide boat owners with a comprehensive solution to centrally manage DC main power distribution, and they are configurable to suit the specific needs of individual boat owners. Power distribution, switching, and circuit protection are conveniently combined into one panel. Panels have blank slots to accommodate additional circuit breakers in a wide variety of actuation styles—thermal push button and magnetic rockers (raised, flat, and slot reset), and with amperage ratings ranging from 5 to 250 Amperes. All panels are available with Blue Sea Systems’ Dual Circuit battery switches that provide Engine and Start circuit isolation. Achieving this isolation between battery banks used to take three ON/OFF switches and a large panel. Now it can be achieved with a single switch resulting in a smaller panel. Blue Sea Systems has engineered its new battery management panels to provide all of the primary DC power distribution functions into one complete panel. This solution is less costly than buying all of the components separately, and having all functions in one panel facilitates compliance with ABYC circuit protection guidelines. The new battery management panels include battery switch(es), multiple primary circuits, and 24-hour circuits (e.g., to run a bilge pump) in one panel. Each circuit contains circuit breaker protection, circuit labels, and LED indicator lights that provide status of each circuit. There are two groups of battery management panels: single switch dual-battery panels for single-engine configurations, and double switch triple-battery panels for twin-engine configurations. Panels are available with standard duty (300-350 amp) e-Series or mini (300 amp) m-Series battery switches. Single switch panels have rectangular slot locations for four or five circuits; double switch panels have locations for seven to eleven circuits.
Blue Sea Systems was founded in 1992 to create high quality marine electrical products designed to improve the safety, simplicity, and reliability of boating. Blue Sea Systems’ management and engineers are active boaters that apply their passion to developing products that will enhance the experience of boaters.
For more information on this or any other product information, please contact Blue Sea Systems direct at 360 738-8230, or visit the website at www.bluesea.com.