SKM Heat Sensing Cable System

The SKM Heat Sensing Cable System provides early warning of an impending fire by detecting overheating in cable ducts, road tunnels, escalators, lift shafts, conveyer belts and similar difficult to monitor environments.

The system uses 'Firesense' analogue heat sensing cable and the SKM-03 or SKM-95 controllers plus an end of line terminal box. The sensor cable is a specially constructed coaxial cable.

The System works with Conventional fire systems using SKM-03 & SKM-03UK Controllers, and Analogue Addressable Apollo XP95 Systems using the SKM-95 Controller. The SKM Heat Sensing Cable System is EN54 approved.

When the cable is heated there is a corresponding change in the electrical characteristics of the cable. This change is monitored by the controller which when sufficient causes an alarm. The controller constantly monitors for open and short circuit faults in the cable.

Firesense cable may be physically heat tested any number of times by the application of heat in order to test the system, however if it is destroyed by overheating or fire, the damaged section must be replaced.

Key Features

• Easy and economical to install;
• User friendly;
• Controller will monitor up to 300 m of sensor cable (dependant on ambient temperature);
• Temperature increases are detected in proportion to the length of cable heated;
• The sensor cable is resistant to corrosion & moisture;
• VdS approved;
• SKM-03 for use on conventional fire panels;
• Loop powered SKM-95 controller for use on addressable fire panels (XP95 Series protocol);
• Cable can be reset after use.

Controller Specifications

SKM-03, SKM-03UK & SKM-95 CONTROLLERS

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For details on the Firesense Cable and its specifications, please see the Firesense 2000 Heat Sensing Cable datasheet.