LV CIRCUIT &

RADIATOR FAN DRIVE

 CRANKING PROCEDURE
Conventional Loco

• Ensure
– Water level is full
– Lube oil level and fuel oil level is normal
– Both MU switches are in RUN position.
– Both Master Handles / Throttles are in IDLE position.
– Both GF switches are in OFF position.
– ECS in IDLE position

• Other safety devices:

– LLOB – Normal position with Woodward governor
– LWS – Normal position
– GR2 – Normal Position
– Mechanical OSTA in normal position
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 CRANKING PROCEDURE
• Switch ON the following switches & Circuit breakers
– Battery knife switch
– Main Breaker MB1
– Main Breaker MB2
– Master fuel pump breaker 1
– Master fuel pump breaker 2
– Fuel pump breaker FPB
– Crankcase Exhauster Breaker CEB
– Dust Exhauster Breaker(Eng.)
– Dust Exhauster Breaker (Carb)
– Rectifier Blower Breaker (RBB) if available.

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 CRANKING PROCEDURE
• Press START button.
– CKR1 & CKR2 picks up.
– CKC picks up through GR2 and CKR1 interlocks
– CK1, CK2 picks up through CKC contacts
– CK3 picks up through CK1, CK2 interlocks
– TDR picks up through CK3 interlock.
• Engine rotate, firing starts in the cylinders and engine runs at
idle speed
• Release start button when firing starts in the cylinders.
– CKR1 and CKR2 drop out.
– CKC drop out.
– CK1, CK2 and CK3 drop out
– TDR drop out after 1.5 second from CK3 dropped.

4
 Cranking circuit Conventional Loco
50 50
MB2
13 13
49 MFPB1 71 71
16
50
CK1 BS
GFOLR
MFPB2

F
P

1B From LLOB
AG C ECS
ECS
(IDLE)
13 (RUN)
CK2
GR1 GR2

CKC
BS
FPB

STOP
CCEB

EX
CK3 CKR1
44K

71
MH LWS
5,6
CK2 CK1 CKR1

CVR START C
ETS

CK2 CK1
K
GRCO2

BAS

CEM 3
CPR1
ERR
CPR13 C C T
GR2

F K K C C C C
D B E D
MB1

P FPM K
S R R R K K K
V R
C 1 2 C 1 2 3
4 R R 4
5
 Universal
Inner Drum/ECC Right Angled Gearbox Shaft
Coupling

Bevel Gears

Slip Rings w
C/Brush

Outer Drum Poles

Extension shaft of the

Main Crank Shaft
Schematic Diagramme
 RADIATOR FAN (HOW IT WORKS…)
ACTUALLY THE POWER OF CRANKSHAFT
TRANSMITS TO THE RADIATOR FAN AS
FOLLOW:
CRANK SHAFT → EXTENSION SHAFT NO.2 → OUTER DRUM→ INNER DRUM( ECC)→
(WITH SOME SLIP) (GR=1:1.312)
HORIZONTAL BEVEL GEAR →VERTICAL BEVEL GEAR →RADIATOR FAN
• WHEN ECC ENERGIZES AN ELECTRO MAGNETIC
TORQUE IS PRODUCED WHICH RESISTS THE
RELATIVE SPEED BETWEEN THE INNER DRUM AND
OUTER DRUM . THIS TORQUE (ALSO CALLED
CLUTCHING TORQUE) IS CAUSED BY THE
INTERACTION BETWEEN THE MAGNETIC FIELD
PRODUCED BY THE ECC WITH EDDY CURRENT
PRODUCED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE OUTER
DRUM.
Thermisters Pick up Drop
temperature in temperature in
deg.C deg.C

ETS1/T1 68 65
(Speed=840
rpm)
ETS2/T2 74 71
(Speed=1200
RPM)
ETS3/T3 (For 90 87
Safety
MULTIPLE UNIT