Engineering · Electrical — Emergency Power
The emergency generator on a vessel must be located:
- AIn the main engine room
- BAbove the bulkhead deck, outside and clear of the main machinery spaces✓ Correct
- CIn the steering-gear flat
- DAdjacent to the fuel tanks
Explanation
The emergency generator and its switchboard must be sited above the bulkhead deck and outside the main machinery space, so a casualty (fire/flood) there does not also disable emergency power.
Authority: Marine Electrical (USCG engineering topic); SOLAS
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