What are the surveys come under CSM and what machineries are not included in CSM? What is Continuous Survey of Machinery? If you own or operate a ship that is classed by a classification society, you may be familiar with the term Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM). But what does it mean and why is […]
Generator Not Stopping on Stop Command: What Are Your Actions? If you are a marine engineer or a crew member on board a ship, you may encounter a situation where the electrical generator does not stop on the stop command. This can be a serious problem that can affect the safety and performance of the […]
Those candidates who wish to part of Career which is related to Merchant Navy, and loves to work on electrical machinery, and then this post is very much helpful for them. ETO Course is what they need to do. Who is Electro Technical Officer On Ships? With advent of electricity, a new field of science was developed called as Electrical. […]
Electrical propulsion on ships has been discussed in this article in detail. Electric propulsion is used mostly on passenger vessels or Cruise lines and other small vessels. But with emissions norms becoming stringent, they will make their way into merchant shipping as well. Electrical propulsion has lot of advantages over the internal combustion engines which […]
Insulation testing is an important activity when it comes to the electric equipments. To carry the current in individual conductors, they should be insulated to each other and avoiding any contact between them. It is same like you want to transport water to other place. But you use pipe for that. Pipe is a like […]
Insulated and earthed neutral system both have been explained in this article in a detailed manner. We will also discuss the merits and demerits of individual systems. For critical equipments, we often use the insulated earth neutral system on ship. But earthed system is also important. And we will learn as how earthed system works. […]
Automatic Voltage Regulator have been discussed in this article, and the component associated with it. AVR is used on the ship generators and as name suggest it is used for voltage regulation in case there is a increase or decrease in power demands suddenly. AVR can be called as the governor for the generator when […]
This page is dedicated for discussing and answering of problem related to marine electrical, electronics and controls devices and circuits, their trouble shooting. Also, the theory related to them which are essential for the electrical officer and marine engineer officer on ship. Also, students who are appearing for their exam will find this page quite […]