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Annunciator


Annunciator, originally uploaded by reivax.

Love the "Engine Working Wrong" Setting. Does that shut everything down in a way that "Stop" doesn't? I'm guessing so.

Comments (3)

pauric:

yup, its a 'heads up' to the engine room for them to look at the dial again because the engine isnt doing what the capt asked for.

Nat:

How can the captain tell? What's the feedback mechanism? Does he just work off engine revs?

pauric:

On smaller boats, such as in this image, you can hear and feel what the engine/boat is doing.

This is an odd dial, normally the capt moves the handle over top position which rings a bell, if the command is missed he rings the bell again. Feedback on larger boats was provided by a 2nd dial on the bridge controlled by the engineer.

I assume the 'hook up' segment (hidden behind the lever) might mean this is a tug.

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