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Electricity on the bus, SAFETY comes first

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Safety is the main premise to take into account when carrying out an electrical installation on a bus. A poor installation without adequate security measures is a very high risk that can be avoided by following a series of recommendations:

All equipment installed by Azimut meets the above recommendations. The passengers are safe and the operator calm.

In order to offer greater comfort in the vehicles, and provide an extra service to passengers, 220v alternating power systems are being installed in buses, the same as is installed in homes.

The most common installation of this type of system consists of several parts:

1. The converter, the heart of the installation

This part is one of the most important in the installation. There are many converters on the market, their basic function is to convert 24 volts of direct current (battery) into 220v of alternating current (at home).

When converting from continuous to alternating, the type of wave must be taken into account, whether it is modified or pure. The modified wave type is cheaper since the current wave is not real but simulates it electronically. The pure wave type generates a current wave of high quality and precision.

Waves

Home electronic equipment is designed to work with pure wave, laptop or mobile device chargers may not turn on when the converter is modified wave.

Although there may be a difference of 40% in the price between a modified wave and a pure wave, it is appropriate to put a pure wave.

Within the pure wave there are converters with advanced protection systems, this means that just like in a home we can mount an electrical panel with its differential and its circuit breakers to protect users.

The Mastervolt equipment used in the electrical installations made by Azimut are certified and approved and can be configured to protect the entire installation either due to overload or short circuit. The most important thing is that it prevents anyone from being electrocuted thanks to the fact that it is capable of simulating a ground connection, as reflected in its manual.

Our recommendation is to place a pure wave converter so that there are no equipment that could present a problem. And if you also want to ensure the safety of the traveler and the vehicle itself, the most appropriate is equipment such as the Mastervolt converters that have the possibility of creating a ground connection (GND) in the vehicles.

2. Electrical installation.

In this section we can comment on two points, one would be an installation with conventional wiring that complies with the regulations for low voltage installations and the other option would be to use a rail system that also complies with all regulations and certifications.

In installations with conventional wiring we have to take into account the following characteristics:

While the rail system option offers us the following advantages:

Thanks to the great benefits that the modular rail system brings us, it represents the most suitable option for carrying out electrical installations. It is a very simple system to install, since in the time it takes to screw the gutter in a conventional fixed system, the complete installation of a modular rail system is completed.

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3. Protection box, active protection system:

Last but not least, to carry out a safe installation in a vehicle, the ideal thing is to mount a protection box like the one that is placed in homes. Being able to count on equipment with ground connection (GND) such as those mentioned above from Mastervolt, we mount active protection systems with differential and thermal per line. In this way we will have fully protected facilities.

Mastervolt's solution has a kit with a box with its differential and its thermal.

Following these recommendations when performing an installation, we will keep our vehicle and our passengers SAFE.

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