Generator
The main diesel generator now runs smoothly after Juliette’s refit corrected its dangerous imbalance.
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The generator’s rapidly spinning shaft links two huge machines. Juliette traced its vibration to a coupling barely two millimeters out of alignment and warned that transmission shavings could circulate through the oil, but the uninterrupted-power mandate prevented her proposed repair. Her eventual refit added new gaskets and seals, polished cylinder shafts, and corrected the alignment. This was its first complete shutdown in her lifetime.
A smaller electrical engine restarted the large diesel generator. Once running, the rebuilt machine was quieter than its starter and no longer shook a nearby railing. During the fighting, full fuel tanks offered a few weeks of power, and a second-shift crew tried to divert its noxious exhaust toward the floors in the thirties. The main generator continues to run more smoothly than it did before the severe imbalance was corrected.
Appearance
The large diesel generator connects to its dynamo through a steel shaft about as thick as a man’s waist. Its refurbished assembly runs without the former severe vibration.
Role
It is the main generator, operating with its former severe imbalance corrected.
Relationships
Sources — 14 recorded facts, by chapter
- The generator has a rapidly spinning shaft connecting two huge machines.
- Juliette attributes the generator’s vibration to a coupling barely two millimeters out of alignment.
- Juliette warns that metal shavings from the transmission can circulate through the generator’s oil.
- A mandate requires full power without interruptions, preventing the repair Juliette wants to make.
- The generator is connected to its dynamo by a steel shaft approximately as thick as a man’s waist.
- The generator refit includes new gaskets and seals and polished cylinder shafts.
- The generator had never been fully shut down during Juliette’s lifetime before this refit.
- The large diesel generator is started by a smaller electrical engine.
- The rebuilt generator runs more quietly than its starter motor.
- The rebuilt generator no longer makes a nearby railing rattle as it previously did.
- The generator has been repaired and its shaft aligned before Juliette leaves Mechanical.
- Both generator fuel tanks are full, providing a few weeks of power.
- A second-shift crew tries to reroute the main generator’s noxious exhaust to the floors in the thirties.
- The main generator runs more smoothly than it did before its severe imbalance was corrected.