Why is there a particular category of switchboards for healthcare?
Medical switchboards are a special category of switchboards, specifically made for use in the electrical systems of places for medical health care use.
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The most frequently asked questions
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- When should an electrical panel be certified?
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- How many types of switchboards are there?
Reference Standards
The reason there is a particular category of switchboards for healthcare applications is because they must specifically comply with the provisions of the Italian Electrotechnical Committee standard CEI EN 61439-1/2.
Medical switchboards must mandatorily have protection systems capable of preventing the power supply to electrical circuits from automatically shutting down at the first failure, as is the case with most common switchboards.
In fact, the accidental interruption of feeding during medical activity can have consequences for the outcome of ongoing interventions and thus the health of patients.
Isolation transformer
To prevent the above-mentioned problems from occurring, the switchboard must mandatorily be equipped with a special protection system against short circuits due to accidental contacts.
In fact, these systems must carry out macro- and micro-shock protection by electrical separation between the user circuit and the grid with neutral to ground.
The protection system that, integrated into the switchboard, ensures this condition, as well as preventing the emergence of dangerous leakage currents due to accidental contacts, is theisolation transformer.
In addition, isolation transformers perform continuous monitoring of operation, via an internal probe that detects the operating temperature.
With this device, switchboards can be used in electrical systems where continuity of service is necessary, such as rooms used for:
- surgery
- anesthesia
- surveillance
- intensive care
- dental offices
- analytical laboratories
Isolation monitors and repeater panels
Medical-use switchboards are also equipped with two other modules:
- insulation monitors, to perform overload and overtemperature monitoring of the transformer, as well as measure insulation resistance.
- the repeater panels, which take care of optical and acoustic signaling in case of failure.
Secsun, in its wide range of switchboards, also includes a specific standard product.
QEUM – ELECTRICAL SWITCHBOARD FOR MEDICAL USE
This is the specific electrical switchboard, manufactured by Secsun, for the protection of equipment and people in rooms used for medical purposes, as prescribed by CEI EN 61439-1/2.
The technical specifications of the framework are:
- Network input
- Network output
- Isolation transformer P=3-5-7.5-10 KVA
- Isolation monitor
- Remote repeater panel for isolation control
- No. 1 2-pole circuit breaker to protect individual utilities
- No. 1 general switchboard circuit breaker
Electrical panels for medical use
In conclusion
Electrical switchboards for medical health care use are equipped with a special accidental contact protection system that prevents the power supply from being cut off at the first fault, which is necessary to ensure the continuity of service of the system circuits that are not affected by faults.
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