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1.8.4 Communication and safety engineers
The communication and safety engineers will be able to advise on power supply requirements for:
- Radar, radio, telecommunications and public address.
- Aids to navigation, e.g. lamps, beacons, foghorns, sirens; also alarms, lifeboat davits, etc.
- Emergency routing and exit lighting systems.
- Supplies for emergency shut-down systems.
1.8.5 Facilities and operations engineers
These engineers do not normally contribute any power consumption data, but their input to the work
of the electrical engineer is to advise on subjects such as equipment layout, access to equipment,
maintainability, maintenance lay-down space, emergency exit routing, operational philosophies of
plant and systems, hazardous area classification.
Reference
- J. L. Blackburn,Applied protective relaying. Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1976). Newark, NJ 07101,
USA. Library of Congress Card No. 76-8060.