Mistrip

For example, individual bottles may leak chronically, may contaminate the samples being taken, e.g. chlorofluorocarbons, or may consistently mistrip or otherwise malfunction.

However, relay C mistripped for one backward fault case, and showed unexpected performance for forward faults, as it tripped faster for a fault at 17% along the line than for a close-in fault.

The results were compared with the CTD salinity in order to verify that the rosette bottle did not mistrip or leak.

This system takes out all the guesswork, when for example, a mistrip occurs and the drill has to be tripped in a second time.

At present, it has a 2/3 logic base, which may be subject to mistrip, as it is switched to the trip mode during test or maintenance.

In some cases it may be subsequently discovered that failure to trip may be a mistrip with the next bottle closing at the depth of the empty bottle.