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title: Smart Bilge Test Procedure
description: The following steps can be followed to demonstrate that the alarm relay change state at the correct PPM
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# Smart Bilge Test Procedure

## The following steps can be followed to demonstrate that the alarm relay change state at the correct PPM

> **Method 1**

1. Press and hold UP button for 5 seconds to initiate alarm test.
2. Smart bilge will count up to 40ppm from its original true PPM reading in 1ppm / second   
   intervals.
3. Alarms will trip at their pre-set alarm points to ON.
4. When the display reached 40ppm, it will then begin to count back down in the same   
   timing of 1ppm / second to settle at its true PPM once more.
5. On the way counting down, when the PPM drops below the pre-set alarm points, the   
   alarms will turn OFF.
6. At the end of the test, the operator will be given the option to; “View IMO Data” or   
   “Done”. The UP / DOWN keypad can be used to highlight an option and then ENTER to   
   select.  
   a. If “View IMO Data” is selected this will put display the IMO Data. The customer can scroll up and down from here. Pressing enter will return back to the menu as usual.  
   b. If “DONE” is selected, the monitor return back to the home screen

\*\* Test button is a new feature introduced on version Bilge 5.05. This can be retrofitted as an upgrade. Please contact sales@rivertrace.com to purchase upgrade kit. \*\* 

 

> **Method 2**

The following procedure is to be adopted to test the Smart Cell Bilge Monitor

1. Press and hold the 'Manual Clean' in the down position
2. Confirm that both alarms are activated
3. A Plunger down error will be displayed
4. Release the ' Manual clean'
5. The PPM figure on the LCD display will decrement from 40 towards zero
   
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   \*\* This assumes that there is water flowing through the measuring cell \*\*

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