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Fig. 5.17.03: Installation of shaftline earthing device in an engine plant with shaft-mounted generator
When a generator is fitted in the propeller shaft
system, where the rotor of the generator is part of
the intermediate shaft, the shaftline earthing de-
vice must be mounted between the generator and
the engine, see Fig. 5.17.03