Sea Fire - Fire Suppression Systems

VerBoatin said:

Good Morning Fellow Mariners,
I have a Sea Fire - Fire Suppression System installed in my engine room where there at two 454 engines and a Westerbeke genset. I do not know if the system was installed when the boat was manufactured (1990) or if the system was a retrofit. The indicator on the panel (see attached photo with red dashed circle - that is the instrument panel indicator) is illuminated when the engines are running but also illuminates when one ignition is turned on (if I understand the system/indicator, this means the unit needs servicing?). I do not know the system model or other information as I'm still figuring all this out (new boat). Any information you can share on this system, having it serviced, can I remove the extinguishing agent and have it recharged, can I upgrade, etc, all information welcome and would be greatly appreciated. As always, thanks for your help in advance!
VB

You can remove it for service but let the service company discharge. The tank might be cheaper just to buy new. Extingushers have a test date for static test.It should be stamped on the bottom. Yours is probably out of date. There will be a cap on top of the extingusher that gets removed. It will have a couple of wire attached to it. Just unplug and remove the extingusher

Googled your system and this is what came up. (copy&paste)

OPERATION
During power on, the Sytem Armed, System Discharge and
High Temperature LED's will light and the alarm will sound
for one second. This is a test function to test the integrity
of the wiring. After this test, if there are no faults, only the
green System Armed LED will remain lit.
Should the Sea-Fire extinguisher discharge, the red System
Discharge LED will light and the alarm will sound. Cylinder
discharge will cause the relays in the Sea-Fire ESRS to shut
down the engines and ventilation. The alarm can be
silenced and the relays reset by pressing the Reset Silence
button. The red System Discharge LED will remain lit.
If the cylinder has not been replaced next time the power
is turned on, the alarm will sound continuously and the
System Discharge LED will light. The alarm can be silenced
by pressing the Reset Silence button. This will also reset
the relays allowing the engines to be started.

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Knot Waiting said:

I have a Sea Fire system on my 91 Sea Ray and have the original owners manual. If nobody else knows the answer I can check it out when I go out to the boat tonight.

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