# Station charger DC-output failure indication

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Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-11-03
Lookup label: SCDFI
Drawing use: Schematic
Reference families: Manufacturer

Representation: Functional block
Installation focus: substations
Input: Charger output supervision
Output: DC-output fault alarm

Reports the charger's defined output failure condition separately from its AC input status.

## In plain English

### What this block does

Reports the charger's defined output failure condition separately from its AC input status.

### A simple example

In a substation control building, the battery can support breaker trip circuits while the charger AC supply is unavailable. Supervision must identify whether the charger, battery or a downstream feeder is affected. For this reference, the drawing identifies “Charger output supervision” at the input and “DC-output fault alarm” at the output. The monitored failure criterion must be specified.

### What the drawings help you do

Start at the named input: Charger output supervision. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing. Follow the named output: DC-output fault alarm. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.

### Terms

- Input: Charger output supervision
- Output: DC-output fault alarm
- Application reference: An explanation of a named drawing function or circuit relationship; the project documents define the equipment and its connections.

Concept diagram: Charger output supervision → SCDFI → DC-output fault alarm
A reading guide. The entry's original illustration and input/output facts describe this application.

- [MicroGenius S2/S4 battery charger technical manual](https://www.sens-usa.com/hubfs/Controlled%20Files/Manuals/101330_MGS_User_Manual.pdf)


## What it represents

Reports the charger's defined output failure condition separately from its AC input status. A station battery system supplies protection, control and other assigned DC loads through a documented charger and distribution arrangement. Charger output, battery contribution and load distribution are related but separately monitored paths.
In a substation control building, the battery can support breaker trip circuits while the charger AC supply is unavailable. Supervision must identify whether the charger, battery or a downstream feeder is affected. For this reference, the drawing identifies “Charger output supervision” at the input and “DC-output fault alarm” at the output. The monitored failure criterion must be specified.
Identify every source, protective device, isolation boundary and return. Battery capacity, DC fault duty, charging settings and ventilation require the selected battery-system design; illustrative circuits do not establish autonomy. The functional block is an independent explanation of this named application. Equipment-specific ratings, terminal connections and operating conditions must be established in the project documentation.

## How to read it

- Start at the named input: Charger output supervision. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing.
- Follow the named output: DC-output fault alarm. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.
- The monitored failure criterion must be specified.
- Identify every source, protective device, isolation boundary and return. Battery capacity, DC fault duty, charging settings and ventilation require the selected battery-system design; illustrative circuits do not establish autonomy.

## Information to show or reference

- Label the source and connection reference for charger output supervision.
- Identify the destination and defined state of dc-output fault alarm.
- Record the equipment or control-document revision supporting this functional block.
- Check this application limit in the project design: The monitored failure criterion must be specified.

## Important distinction

The monitored failure criterion must be specified. This reference describes the named application; it does not establish a new IEC graphical symbol, an ANSI device-function number or an exact manufacturer connection diagram.

## Facts

- Representation: Functional block
- Installation focus: Substations
- Input / boundary: Charger output supervision
- Output / connection: DC-output fault alarm
- Lookup label: SCDFI is a library lookup label, not a standard device designation.

## Public references

- [MicroGenius S2/S4 battery charger technical manual](https://www.sens-usa.com/hubfs/Controlled%20Files/Manuals/101330_MGS_User_Manual.pdf) — SENS. Public technical context for station battery and charger distribution. Battery charging modes, DC distribution interfaces and charger alarms. The application text and educational graphic are independently authored; the publisher does not certify this representation.

## Graphic scope

Independent original educational concept illustration by Elora Grid. Not a certified standards graphic or manufacturer footprint. Unitless; not to scale. Original artwork licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Publisher material is linked only.