6.2 15 ppm Bilge Alarm
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6.2 15 ppm Bilge Alarm

  6.2.1 The layout of the installation should be arranged so that the overall response time (including the response time of the 15 ppm Bilge Alarm) between an effluent discharge from the 15 ppm Bilge Separator exceeding 15 ppm, and the operation of the Automatic Stopping Device preventing overboard discharge, should be as short as possible and in any case not more than 20 s.

  6.2.2 The arrangement on board ship for the extraction of samples from the 15 ppm Bilge Separator discharge line to the 15 ppm Bilge Alarm should give a truly representative sample of the effluent with an adequate pressure and flow.

  6.2.3 A vessel fitted with a 15 ppm Bilge Alarm should, at all times, have on board a copy of the Operating and Maintenance manuals.

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