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The terms and definitions included in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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alarm

1. signal, either audible or visual or both, which alerts an operator to an off‑normal condition which requires some form of corrective action.

2. off‑normal condition such as a pres­sure, temperature, etc., that has deviated above or below an estab­lished operating range.

 

 





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