TERIES

BATTERY MAINT- ATA 24&31

LEAD ACID - PINK COLOUR CODE

ALKALINE - BLUE COLOUR CODE

BATTERIES FITTED M.E.C OR REAR CARGO

LEAD ACID & LITHIUM BATTERIES REQUIRE VENTING OVERBOARD (ACID TRAP FOR LEAD)

BATTERY CONNECTOR WIRE LOCKED WITH FRANGIBLE WIRE.

BATTERY CHARGING CIRCUIT HAS REVERSE CURRENT C.B TO DISCONNECT FROM MAIN
BUS

IN EMERGENCY BATTERIES SUPPLY HOT BATTERY BUS ONLY FOR ESSENTIAL LOADS

BATTERIES IN SERIES GIVE SUM OF VOLTAGE

SWITCHING RELAY CONNECT MULTIPLE BATTERIES IN SERIES FOR ENG STARTING

THERMAL SWITCH FOR OVERCHARGING (THERMAL RUNAWAY)

LEAD ACID BATTERIES CHARGED BY CONSTANT VOLTAGE

NI-CAD & LITHIUM BATTERIES CHARGED FULLY BY CONSTANT CURRENT & HELD THERE
BY CONSTANT VOLTAGE.

NI-CAD & LITHIUM ARE ALKALINE ELECTROLYTE - APPLY ACID TO SPILLAGES

ALKALINE BATTERIES DECREASED INTERNAL RESISTANCE, LESS TEMP SENSITIVE,

CHARGES QUICKER

CONSTANT CURRENT CHARGING IS PULSED CURRENT

LITHIUM BATTERY- 32 V 8 CELLS = 4 V PER CELL

NI-CAD BATTERY- 24 V 20 CELLS = 1.2 V PER CELL

LITHIUM BATTERY IS 30% LESS WEIGHT + SMALLER BUT DOSENT LIKE TO BE CHARGED IN
LOW TEMP

BATTERY TRAY PRIMARY USE TO HOLD BATT IN EMERGENCY

LEAD ACID - 2.2 V PER CELL

BATTERIES MUST SUPPLY 30 MINS OF POWER AND HAVE TEMP SENSOR BY LEGISLATION

MUST BE MORE THAN 80% EFFICENT

DC POWER GENERAGTION

FIELD VOLTAGE INCREASES THEN OUTPUT VOLTAGE INCREASES

DC GEN WIRED IN SERIES WITH OUTPUT LOAD

DC GEN NEED TO MAINTAIN CONSTANT VOLTAGE WITH VARYING LOADS

VOLTAGE OUTPUT ADJUSTED BY VARYING FIELD CURRENT

CARBON PILE VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DEVICE, WHEN VOLTAGE INCREASE CARBON DISCS
SEPARATE WHICH INCREASES RESISTANCE
AND VICE VERSA

VIBRATING TYPE- VOLTAGE SENSITIVE COIL (PARALLEL WITH GEN OUTPUT) BECOMES
MORE MAGNETIC WHEN VOLTAGE INCREASES
WHICH OPENS THE CONTACT SO THE FIELD CURRENT PASSES THROUGH A DIFFERENT
CIRCUIT WITH A RESISTOR IN IT

CARBON PILE/VIBRATING TYPE- PLACED IN SERIES WITH EXITOR FIELD TO REDUCE GEN
OUTPUT VOLTAGE

CURRENT LIMITER SIMILAR TO VIBRATING CONTACT BUT COIL IS CURRENT SENSITIVE (IN
SERIES WITH GEN OUTPUT)

TO STOP GENERATOR BEING BACK DRIVEN BY A BATTERY A REVERSE CURRENT CUTOUT RELAY (R.C.C.R) IS USED WHICH
INCORPORATES BOTH A CURRENT COIL AND VOLTAGE COIL, WHEN FLOW IS REVERSED
THE CURRENT COILS MAGNETISM OPPOSES
VOLTAGE COIL, IF GEN NOT OUTPUTTING ENOUGH THEN THERES NO MAGNETIC FIELD ,
THEREFORE OUPUT CONTACT OPENS.

TRIPLE UNIT REGULATOR INCLUDES VOLTAGE REGULATOR, CURRENT REGULATOR &

R.C.C.R

IN SOLID STATE REGULATORS ZENER DIODE IS USED

PARALLELING COIL CONNECTS MULTIPLE GENS FIELD EXCITERS TO ALTER CURRENT TO

BALANCE VOLTAGE OUTPUT , ONCE ALL
GEN OUTPUT VOLTAGE IS SIMILAR CONTACTS CLOSE

DIFFERENTIAL PROCTECTION- CONNECTS GENERATOR TO BUS BAR ONCE OUTPUT

VOLTAGE IS 0.5 V ABOVE BUS BAR VOLTAGE,
THE C.B OPENS ON ENGINE SHUT DOWN ( PROTECTS AGAINST GEN BEING BACK DRIVEN)

GEN STARTED OFF-LOAD SO THAT THE FIELD VOLTAGE GETS A CHANCE TO BUILD UP

GALLEY SHED SWITCH ON OVERHEAD PANEL, ISOLATES GALLEY FROM BUS BAR WHEN
THERES LOW POWER.

RIGHT HAND RULE APPLIES TO GENERATORS

ARMATURE IN SERIES WITH LOAD

FIELD IN PARALLEL WITH LOAD

AC POWER GENERATION

FREQUANCY =N X P / 60 N=RPM P=PAIR OF POLES

REACTIVE (CONDUCTANCE/INDUCTANCE)- BACK EMF ON DOWN GOING WAVE -90

(LAG) CAPACITIVE -90 (LEAD)

REAL LOAD (RESISTIVE)-TORQUE

TRUE POWER/APPARENT POWER(KVA) = POWER FACTOR

SELF EXCITED GEN- AS SOON AS MAGNETS ROATED IN SEPARATE PERMANENT MAGNET

GEN (PMG), THE EXCITER CIRCUIT IS ENERGISED BY RECTIFIED DC OF THE PMG.

THERMISTOR IN FIELD WINDING MAINTAINS CONSTANT RESISTANCE