Ships electrical distribution system

Convey - to carry from one place to another; to bear or transport; to cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; I will convey them by sea in floats. Switchboard - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication; telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords; The ships main switchboard collapsed. Step-down - the act of decreasing or reducing something; reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; give up or retire from a position; Transforming or converting a current of high potential or voltage into one of low voltage; as, a stepdowntransformer. Aboard ship you can find a variety of step- down transformers. Load - the device or devices that consume power from a power supply; The weight or force that a structural support bears or is designed to bear; the object that creates that force. The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working; The main electrical load aboard divides into essential services. Reliability - the state or quality of being reliable; reliableness; the quality of being dependable or reliable; the trait of deserving trust and confidence; efficiency, firmness, operational safety, reliableness, solidity, soundness; Such reliabiliry requires special care and maintenance. Overload - an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power; an excessive burden; fill to excess so that function is impaired; saturation, strain, surcharge, weigh down; Electrical generators are often protected against overload.

Load shedding - cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply; The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; That which is shed, or cast off; desquamation, peeling, sloughing; Ships electrical distribution system requires a load shedding circuit. Relay - electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit; In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing. Several trip relays are used in electrical circuits. Breakdown - the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; a cessation of normal operation; The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall. There was a power breakdown. Manned - having a crew; provided with workers; take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify. A manned engine room needs less control equipment. Capacitive coupling - the transfer of energy within an electrical network by means of the capacitance between circuit nodes. This coupling can have an intentional or accidental effect. Capacitive coupling is typically achieved by placing acapacitor in series with the signal to be coupled. The capacitive coupling aboard is very large. Heater - heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings; device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room; Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated.

Heaters are often used abord ship. Switchgear - the combination of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment. Switchgear is used both to de-energize equipment to allow work to be done and to clearfaults downstream. This type of equipment is important because it is directly linked to the reliability of the electricity supply. Large switchgear panels are used in electrical distribution system. Spectrum - a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities; an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave; gamut, range, variety. They have to cover the complete spectrum.