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Rudder
Voltage monitoring
for shafthull potential
difference
Shaftline
earthing device
V
Propeller shaft
Intermediate shaft
Intermediate shaft bearing
Current
Thrust bearing
Main bearings
Propeller
Shaft mounted alternator
where the rotor is part of
the intermediate shaft
079 21 82-1.3.3.0
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