We are undergoing a major refit on an older ship and we are are now bringing seperate systems on-line. One of the systems is a hyrdaulic system consisting of two Sauer-Danfoss axial piston hyrdaulic pumps driven off of ptos from the generator engines. Hydraulics are not my strong point, so this...
Itsmoked: The faulty circuit on one board was the carpenters damaging some cables and the second circuit I am not sure yet. Unfortunately the second board does not have the neutrals labelled, so I am not sure exactly which one is grounded. My plan with this one is that once most of the work in...
Thanks for all of the tips, found out that the neutral on one disconnected circuit was ground. I found that my mistake was when I started troubleshooting the problem was that I assumed if all of the circuits on one of the distribution boards were off, I would be able to find the fault by...
itsmoked: We are currently busy with over a year long refit. The distribution boxes have had some work done on them, limited to replacing ceramic fuses with breakers. However, I have been running both of the distribution boards which I have had problems with for over a week without any problems...
I am a marine engineer working onboard a smaller vessel struggling with RCCBs tripping on two of the distribution boxes. Electrical equipment is not my specialty so I am hoping for some guidance and help.
We are currently connected to a shore power supply of 380 Volts, 50 hz. This is fed through...
