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Suppose the generator set drive engines on your ship docking tug are fitted with hydraulic isochronous governors such as shown in the illustration. How is the speed set point conveyed from the generator control panel on the main switchboard conveyed to the governor fitted on the diesel engine? Illustration MO-0160

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• Look closely at item 1 in the illustration – what kind of device does it appear to be (motor/solenoid vs. pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder)? • Think about how a remote speed setting is usually sent from a generator control panel on a main switchboard to an engine governor. • Recall that a hydraulic isochronous governor still needs some other method to move the speed-setting mechanism from a distant panel.

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• From the picture, decide whether the connections going to the top unit would more likely be wires, tubing, or a cable. • Ask yourself: if the signal comes from a generator control panel many feet away, which method would be simplest and most reliable to transmit a variable speed set point? • Consider which options (pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, electrical) are normally used for remote speed control motors mounted on governors.

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• Identify whether item 1 looks like an electric device with terminal covers, or a fluid device with hose/tube fittings. • Check whether you see any rotating shaft or knob that a small motor or actuator might turn to adjust the speed-setting nut (item 2). • Make sure the method you choose makes sense for a control signal from a switchboard panel, not something mounted right on the engine.

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Pneumatically via tubing connections

Hydraulically via tubing connections

Mechanically via cable connections

Electrically via wire connections

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