Do your shower alarm contacts remain active until the eyewash and shower are reset?

This question arose in conjunction with an RFQ for a GFTS15H going into a refinery owned and operated by a global oil giant. The engineer suggested that we provide a local alarm reset button instead of using the provided testing lever to reset the alarm and/or shower once activated. The customer had in their mind a need for a specific “reset button” that they had seen on a unit they had purchased from another shower manufacturer. Our GFTS15 product family is set up to reset the alarm microswitches when the testing lever, on the outside of the shower cubicle, is moved through a testing motion. This avoids the complication and expense of an unnecessary and redundant gadget. The customer also asked about the option of having a reset button located on a PLC board in a supervisor’s office. This would allow the supervisor to reset the shower without ever having to be physically present at the shower site. In discussing this option, it became clear that requiring a local alarm reset would assure that the alarm couldn’t be turned off remotely based on an assumption that there was no real emergency present. It is not possible to reset the alarm while the shower or eyewash are being used. Therefore, if an accident victim is using the shower, an additional person would be required to operate the testing lever to perform the alarm reset. This additional person can provide assistance to the accident victim and help ensure that the victim is receiving the proper treatment. The alarm contacts remain active until the eyewash and shower are reset via the testing lever. Since the GFTS15’s local strobe and siren are activated using microswitches which have remote signal capability, the alarm will sound locally and the remote indicator will signal shower and/or eyewash use until the testing lever is used to reset the alarm system