What are intrinsically safe system?

Ans. : Intrinsic safety is a technique for designing electrical equipment for safe use in locations made hazardous by the presence of flammable gas or vapors in air.

Definition. : Intrinsically safe circuit is one in which any spark or thermal effect produce either normally or under specified fault conditions is incapable of causing ignition of a specified gas or vapor in air mixture at the most easily ignited concentration.

HAZARDOUS AREAS:

The specification of products or systems sold as intrinsically safe must state in what hazardous areas they are infect intrinsically safe. Universal cooling of hazardous areas has not, unfortunately, been adopted in all countries. However two sets of codes in common use are.