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2. PEL sector light - Wikipedia

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   A large PEL sector light installation at the Port of Durban Original Porirua Harbour PEL. The PEL sector light is a projector style marine beacon which is used to guide maritime vessels. It does this by projecting a colored sector out to sea with very sharp color changes as the mariner transitions from one sector to the next.

3. Floodlight - Wikipedia

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   Floodlights Association football field at a sports center illuminated with floodlights.. A floodlight is a broad-beamed, high-intensity artificial light.It can provide functional area lighting [1] for travel-ways, parking, entrances, work areas, and sporting venues to enable visibility adequate for safe task performance, ornamental lighting for advertising, façades, monuments, or support ...

4. Navigation light - Wikipedia

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   Watercraft navigation lights must permit other vessels to determine the type and relative angle of a vessel, and thus decide if there is a danger of collision. In general, sailing vessels are required to carry a green light that shines from dead ahead to 2 points (22 + 1 ⁄ 2 °) abaft [note 1] the beam on the starboard side (the right side from the perspective of someone on board facing ...

5. DC distribution system (ship propulsion) - Wikipedia

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   The electrical power requirements of vessels are expanding as systems are expected to support power converters capable of integrating alternative sources and storage systems – including wind and solar power – and battery storage with a range of voltages, frequencies and power levels.

6. Ship floodability - Wikipedia

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   Compartmentalisation of a ship, to reduce floodability Parts of a water-tight compartment. Floodability is the susceptibility of a ship's construction to flooding.It also refers to the ability to intentionally flood certain areas of the hull for damage control purposes, or to increase stability, which is particularly important in combat vessels, which often face the possibility of serious hull ...

7. Electric boat - Wikipedia

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   An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators. [ 1 ] While a significant majority of water vessels are powered by diesel engines , with sail power and gasoline engines also popular, boats powered by electricity have been used for over 120 years.