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I had a chance to do some electronics work on an oceanic tug and at the time it blew my mind that the starter for its main engine was about the size of a semi t
by spiritplumber 2y ago
I had a chance to do some electronics work on an oceanic tug and at the time it blew my mind that the starter for its main engine was about the size of a semi truck's engine. They'd start that one electrically, let it warm up, then use it to start the big engine, then they'd switch it to being a generator for lights and radio and so on.
- paulkrush 2y agoSo this starter itself was a engine(ICE)?
- Dennip 2y agoDunno about OP, but old CAT bulldozers used to have smaller engines to start the main engine, before starter tech improved, iirc they were called "Pony engines(motors)"
- sethrin 2y agoWhich tug?
- spiritplumber 2y agoHeidi Brusco
- sethrin 2y agoNeat. I visited Valdez, Alaska lately and a friend was pointing out the tugs there. They seemed somewhat larger than other tugs I've seen. A data sheet says they have about 4x the horsepower of Heidi Brusco, coming from a pair of CAT C280-16 engines. I'm not clever enough to figure out how those are started. Cool boats are cool