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The main engines on your river towboat are fitted with speed control governors of the type shown in the illustration. What technology is used to transmit the desired speed setting from the navigational bridge to the final input signal to the engine governor? Illustration MO-0156

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Look carefully at the labels near the speed setting sensing bellows and the air input signal connection in the illustration. • Think about how a remote bridge signal would change the governor setting: by moving a cable/rod, changing air pressure, changing oil pressure, or changing electrical current. • Identify whether the incoming control signal is acting on a bellows/diaphragm, a mechanical linkage, a hydraulic piston, or an electrical component like a solenoid or coil.

💭 Think About

• Which labeled connection in the drawing most clearly says it is the external control signal from the bridge, and what medium does it reference? • If the control element is a bellows, what does that usually expand or contract with: air, oil, or electricity? • Do you see any long mechanical linkage going off the drawing toward the bridge, or is the signal coming in through a small port or line?

✅ Before You Answer

• Locate the text "Air Input Signal Connection" and follow what component it feeds. • Confirm what type of component the sensing bellows/diaphragm is and what fluid normally acts on it. • Verify that the final movement that changes the speeder spring / speed setting comes from that controlled element, not from the fuel shutoff or shutdown solenoid.

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