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Originally Posted by Varley
Employ more cleaners!
Clients in better served industries (for instance nuclear, oil and gas, public transport etc.) expect the automation of their new installations to have been and fully tested against a virtual plant. The specialist contractors serving those industries serve us as well and know the SP. We are short changed.
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Hi, "Tocayo" (David),
On Barber Priam (still afloat as Cape Henry), No.5 Genny (Yanmar straight 6) was the auto start up for a blackout.
After finishing the last log with No.5 running (mid Pacific) and handing over the watch, after 10 minutes, EVERYTHING went out! Genny, ME etc. The real Emergency Genny cut in to provide the "romantic" light (read,"filme noire"!) to at least move around. It was just a case of safety boots back on and leg it to the MCR. The C/E arrived. The auxy had thrown a piston!
The system was trying to restart N0.5 and had dumped the ME cooling tank due to the cyl. blk. "anomaly"!
I got the drawings out and confirmed. One of the prerequisites was CW on the engine. What to do? The 56K Ro Ro was now rolling, beam on to the waves, alarmingly. (Full load, USA West Coast and Middle East.)
The solution, that worked, was to "trick" the system into thinking another genny was the "emergency", having previously blanked off the 24" CW auto valve (i.e. Press. "good"), using lengths of welding cables between "boards".
The Auxy started and synchronized. All OK!
FW pumped up to the ME CW HDR ( using fire pumps for expediency) and the ME restarted. Rolling had, at this time got to 40 Degs. Port and Stbd!
Underway, 1.25 hours after the event.
As they used to say in "Streets of San Francisco" (Karl Malden/Michael Douglas)
Epilogue.........:
Telex to head office, C/E B. Priam:
"Require urgent spares!"
Reply:
"What spares and why?"
C/E:
"One Yanmar auxy engine! URGENT!"
Reply:
"Repeat your reuirement?"
Rgds.
Dave