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ELECTRICAL POWER - INTRODUCTION

Purpose EPC - external power contactor
flt - flight
The electrical power system makes, supplies and fltr - filter
controls electrical power. The system has automatic and
F/O - first officer
manual control features. Built-in test equipment (BITE)
and alternate source selection make the system reliable GCB - generator control breaker
and easy to maintain. GCR - generator control relay
GCU - generator control unit
Electrical power has these subsystems: gen - generator
gnd - ground
- Generator drive
j - junction
- AC generation
- DC generation LCT - line current transformer
- External power LRU - line replaceable unit
- Standby power NCT - neutral current transformer
- Electrical power indication. pwr - power
QAD - quick attach detach
Abbreviations and Acronyms
rly - relay
AGB - accessory gearbox scav - scavenge
altn - alternate sect - section
APU - auxiliary power unit srvce - service
auto - automatic stdby - standby
bat - battery sys - system
BPP - bus protection panel thrm - thermal
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BTB - bus tie breaker TRU - transformer rectifier unit

CSD - constant speed drive VR - voltage regulator
CT - current transformer xfr - transformer
chgr - charger
disc - disconnect
EP - external power

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ELECTRICAL
POWER
POWER
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GENERATOR AC DC EXTERNAL STANDBY ELECTRICAL

DRIVE GENERATION GENERATION POWER POWER POWER
INDICATION

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ELECTRICAL POWER - SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
General Description

The electrical power is obtained from the battery,

generators, and ground support equipment. It is
controlled and monitored prior to distribution. Systems
that use electrical power receive 28v dc, 28v ac, and
115v ac power.

General Component Locations

The alternating current power is supplied by two

engine-driven generators for normal flight operation. A
generator, driven by the APU, can also supply power on
the ground or in flight. Power can be supplied on the
ground through the external power receptacle.

The direct current power is supplied from the battery

or conversion from the ac power.

The ac and dc power is distributed to the various

systems through the left and right load control centers
(panels) in the flight compartment.

The control and indication of the electrical power

system is from the P5 forward overhead panel in the
flight compartment.
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P6 PANEL ELECTRICAL
SYSTEMS
GENERATOR 2 PANEL

P18 PANEL
EXTERNAL
POWER (AC)
RECEPTACLE
BATTERY EXTERNAL
POWER (DC)
RECEPTACLE
GENERATOR 1
APU
GENERATOR

EXTERNAL
POWER (AC)
RECEPTACLE APU
GENERATOR

GENERATOR 1 GENERATOR 2
CONTROL AND MONITORING
BATTERY
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EXTERNAL
POWER (DC)
RECEPTACLE
POWER DISTRIBUTION

28V DC 115V AC 28V AC

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ELECTRICAL POWER - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PANELS
General Description

The electrical systems panels are on the P5 forward

overhead panel. These are the panels:

- Generator ammeters and bus switching panel

- Constant speed drive and standby power panel
- AC an DC meter panel.

These panels have switches, indicating lights, and

indicators for monitor, control, and protection of ac
and dc electrical power systems.
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CPS
50 50
FREQ 420

110 120

20
0 30
40 100 130

TR1 APU GEN

BAT TR2 GEN1 GEN2
BAT GRD
TR3 INV
BUS PWR GRD POWER
AVAILABLE
STBY STBY b
PWR TEST PWR TEST 50
100 1 5
0 GRD 50
100 1 5
0
OFF GALLEY RESID A.C. PWR A.C.
OFF VOLTS AMPS 200
OFF AMPS 200
BAT
ON
ON ON
DC AC
BUS TRANSFER
1 2 A
a STANDBY a
AC AND DC METER PANEL TRANSFER
O
F
U TRANSFER
LOW OIL LOW OIL T
PRESSURE PWR OFF a BUS OFF a F BUS OFF a
PRESSURE
O
BUS BUS
HIGH OIL HIGH OIL
TEMP a
STANDBY POWER TEMP a OFF a OFF a
GEN OFF APU GEN GEN OFF
BUS b OFF BUS BUS b
b
DISCONNECT DISCONNECT
BAT OFF AUTO OFF OFF
DRIVE TEMP
RISE
ON ON
GEN 1 APU GEN GEN 2
APU
IN b
LOW OIL
a
OVER
r r MAINT FAULT
DRIVE CAN BE PRESSURE SPEED a
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a
RECONNECTED
ONLY ON
RISE GRD RISE
10 20 10 20 100 1 5
50 0
3 3 10
0 0 0 0
80 120 80 120 EGT A.C.
IN 160 IN 160 8 AMPS
4 4 200
6
GEN DRIVE GEN DRIVE C X 100
0
OIL TEMP OIL TEMP 4 2
C C

CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE GENERATOR AMMETERS AND BUS

AND STANDBY POWER PANEL SWITCHING PANEL

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ELECTRICAL POWER - AC DISTRIBUTION - GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Purpose External power can be supplied to the external power
bus and the ground service bus. The ground service bus
The electrical power ac distribution system provides is normally powered from the left generator bus.
power for the various airplane systems.
Most of the electrical loads are from the two transfer
General Description buses. These buses get power from the generator buses
through two transfer relays.
The electrical power system is a split non-paralleling
system. It consists of the left (number 1) and right
(number 2) sides.

The application of power to the left and right sides

follows these rules:

- Power must be put on by a switch

- Oncoming power has priority
- No paralleling of power from different sources.

The 115v ac power is supplied from these sources:

- Two engine-driven generators

- An APU-driven generator
- Ground power unit.

Power is supplied to the two generator buses. The

connections between the power sources and buses is
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through these components:

- Two generator breakers (GBs)

- Two APU generator breakers (APU GBs)
- Two external power contactors (EPCs).

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EXT
PWR

EXT PWR BUS

EPC 1 APU EPC 2

GEN
GEN GEN
ENG 1 CSD 1 2 CSD ENG 2
GB 1 APU GB 1 APU GB 2 GB 2

GEN BUS 1 MAIN BUS 1 MAIN BUS 2 GEN BUS 2

GRD SVC BUS
R6 GRD
SVC RELAY

R3 TRANSFER R4 TRANSFER
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RELAY 1 RELAY 2
NORM ALT ALT NORM

TRANSFER BUS 1 TRANSFER BUS 2

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ELECTRICAL POWER - DC DISTRIBUTION - GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Purpose

The electrical power dc distribution system provides

power for the various airplane systems.

General Description

The primary source of 28v dc power to the battery bus

is the battery.

When there is ac power on the buses, dc power is from

three transformer rectifier units (TR 1, TR 2, and TR
3). TR 1 and TR 2 receive 115v ac from the two transfer
buses and supply dc power to dc bus 1 and dc bus 2.

TR 3 receives power from the main bus 2 and supplies

the battery bus. Also, TR 3 can backup TR 1 and TR 2.

The battery charger receives 115v ac from the ground

service bus or alternately from main bus 2.

The ac standby bus normally gets power from transfer

bus 1, and the dc standby bus from dc bus 1. If the
normal power is not available, the battery supplies
power to the ac standby bus through the inverter. The
dc standby bus will get power from the battery bus.
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Relays contol the dc system operation.

Power from an external dc receptacle can start the APU

if the battery voltage is low.

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TRANSFER BUS 1 MAIN BUS 2 TRANSFER BUS 2

TR 1 TR 3 TR 2

R9 TR3
DISC RLY
115V AC
GRD SVC BUS OR
MAIN BUS 2 STBY AC BUS DC BUS 2

RELAYS
DC BUS 1 R356, R37 STBY DC BUS
R328
BATTERY
CHARGER STATIC
INVERTER

P6 PANEL

RELAYS
BATTERY HOT BAT BUS R1, R2,
R326
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R355 BAT BUS

P6 PANEL
EXT DC SW HOT BAT BUS GCU 1
RECEPT R41 GEN
PWR CONT GCU 2
RLY
APU GCU

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Purpose

The generator drive makes three phase 115/200v ac, 400

Hz power for use by the electrical power system.

General

The generator drive has these components:

- Constant speed drive (CSD)

- Air/oil cooler
- Quick attach/detach (QAD) adapter.
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DRIVE GENERATION GENERATION POWER POWER POWER
INDICATION

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Purpose

The engine generator drive is a constant speed drive

(CSD). It converts the variable speed of the engine
(accessory gearbox) to a constant speed for the
generator. The constant speed is 6000 rpm. This
produces alternating current at a constant frequency.

Location

The constant speed drive mounts to the engine accessory

gearbox. It is on the left side of the engine.
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LP COMPRESSOR (N1)

HP COMPRESSOR (N2)
FAN

CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE RADIAL DRIVE

SHAFT

GENERATOR
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TRANSFER
GEARBOX
ACCESSORY
GEARBOX HORIZONTAL DRIVE
SHAFT

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Purpose

The generator drive and standby power control panel

does these functions:

- Gives the flight crew indication of the generator

drive (CSD) status
- Allows isolation of the generator drive (CSD).

Location

The panel is on the P5 forward overhead panel.

General Description

The panel has control and indication circuitry for the

left and right constant speed drives.

These are the indications and controls on the panel:

- LOW OIL PRESSURE amber light - comes on if CSD has

low oil pressure
- HIGH OIL TEMP amber light - comes on if CSD has
high oil temperature
- Generator drive oil temperature indicator - shows
the oil temperature rise in the CSD and the inlet
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oil temperature
- Drive temperature selector switch - lets the
temperature indicator read rise or inlet
temperature
- Disconnect switch (guarded) - allows disconnect of
the CSD from the accessory gearbox.

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1 2
a STANDBY a
LOW OIL LOW OIL
PRESSURE PWR OFF a PRESSURE
HIGH OIL STANDBY POWER HIGH OIL
TEMP a TEMP a

DISCONNECT DISCONNECT
BAT OFF AUTO
DRIVE TEMP
RISE

r IN r

DRIVE CAN BE
RECONNECTED
ONLY ON
10 RISE 20 GRD 10 RISE 20
0 30 0 30
80 120 80 120
IN 160 IN 160
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GEN DRIVE GEN DRIVE

OIL TEMP OIL TEMP
`C `C

GENERATOR DRIVE AND STANDBY POWER PANEL

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ELECTRICAL POWER - ENGINE GENERATOR DRIVE - COMPONENT LOCATIONS
General

These are the components of the engine generator drive:

- Constant speed drive (CSD) unit

- External oil filter
- Oil cooler and oil line.

Location

The constant speed drive attaches to left front of the

engine accessory gearbox. The generator is on the
forward face of CSD.

The oil filter, oil cooler, and oil lines are on the
engine fan case at the bottom of the engine fan
exhaust.
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ENGINE FAN CASE

OIL COOLER

OIL LINES

FILTER CSD AND

GENERATOR

ACCESSORY
GEARBOX
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CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE

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General Description

The constant speed drive is a hydro mechanical

transmission. It uses hydraulic trimming and mechanical
controls to control the output rotational speed to a
constant value of 6000 rpm.

These components are on the CSD:

- Vent valve
- Low oil pressure switch
- Sight glass
- Disconnect solenoid
- Wet spline service port
- Quick attach detach (QAD) ring and lockbolt
- Reservoir drain plug
- Oil outlet connection
- Reset handle
- Governor adjustment access
- Oil inlet connection
- Case drain and magnetic chip detector
- Charge filter
- Output pad drain
- Differential pressure indicator
- Electrical connector and harness.
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The CSD attaches to the engine accessory gearbox by the

QAD ring. The generator attaches to the CSD by 12
studs.

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VENT
ELECTRICAL VALVE
CONNECTOR
GENERATOR LOW OIL
ATTACH STUD (12) PRESSURE SWITCH
SIGHT
DIFFERENTIAL GLASS
PRESSURE
INDICATOR DISCONNECT
SOLENOID

OUTPUT PAD
DRAIN

CHARGE
FILTER
GENERATOR

CASE DRAIN AND

MAGNETIC CHIP
DETECTOR

OIL INLET
CONNECTION
GOVERNOR
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ADJUSTMENT
ACCESSORY DISCONNECT WET SPLINE
GEARBOX RESET SERVICE PORT
HANDLE
QAD RING LOCKBOLT
OIL OUTLET
CONNECTION RESERVOIR
DRAIN PLUG
CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE

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Purpose

Engine generator, APU generator and external power are

the sources of 115v ac, 400 Hz power for the airplane
electrical system.
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STANDBY ELECTRICAL
GENERATOR AC DC EXTERNAL POWER
DRIVE GENERATION GENERATION POWER POWER
INDICATION

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Purpose - APU GEN OFF BUS blue light - shows that the APU is
on and above 95% RPM but the generator is not
The ac systems generator and APU module does these connected to either generator bus.
functions: - Two GEN OFF BUS blue lights - show that the
generators are not connected to the buses
- Gives the flight crew indication of the generator - Two BUS OFF amber lights - show that the
power connection generator/main buses do not have power
- Gives the flight crew indication of power on the - Two TRANSFER BUS OFF amber lights - show that the
system buses transfer buses do not have power
- Gives the flight crew control of generator power - Guarded bus transfer switch - AUTO and OFF, with
to the system buses. switch in AUTO with the guard down.

Location The ground power available light and ground power

switch general description are in external power. (MTM
The panel is on the left side of the P5 forward 24-40)
overhead panel.

General Description

The panel has control and indication circuitry for the

engine and APU generator electrical power.

These are the indications and controls on the panel:

- Engine generator 1 - three-position lever-lock

switch, OFF, neutral, ON, spring loaded to neutral
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- Engine generator 2 - three-position lever-lock

switch, OFF, neutral, ON, spring loaded to neutral
- Two APU generator switches - three-position lever-
lock switches, OFF, neutral, ON, spring loaded to
neutral

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GRD POWER
AVAILABLE
b
100 1 5 100 1
50 0 GRD 50 50

A.C. PWR A.C.

AMPS OFF AMPS
200 200

ON

BUS TRANSFER
O A
TRANSFER F U TRANSFER
BUS OFF a
F T BUS OFF a
BUS
O BUS
OFF a
OFF
a
GEN OFF APU GEN GEN OFF
BUS b OFF BUS BUS b
b

OFF OFF
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ON ON
GEN 1 APU GEN GEN 2

AC SYSTEM GENERATOR AND APU MODULE (P5)

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Purpose The control and protection of the generating system is
by three generator control units (GCUs). These units
The alternating current (ac) generation system supplies provide excitation control and fault protection. Power
115v ac, 400Hz, 3-phase power for the airplane systems from the generators goes to the buses for distribution
on the ground and in flight. through engine generator breakers (GB 1 and GB 2) and
APU generator breakers (APU GB 1 and APU GB 2). Power
Locations source selection and indication is from the electrical
systems panel.
These are the locations of the ac generation system
components: The control and protection of the external power supply
is by the bus protection panel (BPP). This unit
- Engines (generators) supplies control and fault protection. Power from
- APU (generator) external power source goes to the buses for
- EE compartment distribution through the external power contactors (EPC
- Outboard of right nose wheel well 1 and EPC 2).
- P6 panel (breakers, control units)
- P5 panel (switches, lights, indications). NOTE: Both GBs, APU GBs, and both EPCs have the same
part number and are interchangable.
General Description

The ac generation system consists of these components:

- Three generators
- Three generator control units
- Bus protection panel
- Six breakers
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- Five switches.

The two engine-driven generators supply the power for

normal in-flight use. A generator driven by the APU can
supply power for ground or flight operation.

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GRD POWER
AVAILABLE
b
100 100
50 150 GRD 50 150
PWR
AC OFF AC
0 AMPERES 200 0 AMPERES 200

ON

EXT BUS TRANS

A
PWR TRANSFER
BUS OFF a
O
F U
T
TRANSFER

APU BUS
F
O
BUS OFF a
BUS
GEN OFF
GEN OFF
a
APU GEN
OFF
GEN OFF
a

BUS b OFF BUS b

BUS b

OFF OFF

ON ON
GEN 1 APU GEN GEN 2

BPP GENERATOR AMMETERS

AND BUS SWITCHING
PANEL (P5)

EPC 1 EPC 2

APU GCU

GCU 1 GCU 2
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GEN GEN
1 GB 1 APU GB 1 APU GB 2 GB 2 2

GENERATOR BUS 1 GENERATOR BUS 2

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Purpose Training Information Point

The engine-driven generators produce the electrical A drain line is at the bottom of the generator to CSD
power for the airplane systems primarily in flight. attachment. This drain line connects to the engine
drain line system. Normally, the drain line is dry. If
Location there is oil in the line, it shows that the seal on the
CSD/generator shaft is bad and you should replace the
The generator is on the forward left side of the CSD.
engine. It attaches to the constant speed drive.

General Description

The generator is enclosed by a cooling shroud. The

cooling air enters the shroud through a duct from the
engine fan. This cooling air exhausts overboard through
a hole in the left cowling.

There are six ac and three dc terminals on the

generator. These are the terminals:

- T1 - phase A power terminal, color code - red

- T2 - phase C power terminal, color code - blue
- T3 - phase B power terminal, color code - yellow
- T4 - phase A neutral or ground terminal, color
code - red
- T5 - phase C neutral or ground terminal, color
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code - blue
- T6 - phase B neutral or ground terminal, color
code - yellow
- F - field or excitation supply
- A - field or excitation return
- S - not used.

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AC TERMINALS
DC TERMINALS
CONSTANT
SPEED
T4 DRIVE
T1
A
F T5
T2
S
T6
COOLING T3
SHROUD
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COOLING AIR
OUTLET

DRAIN
LINE
AC GENERATOR

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Purpose

The generator control units (GCUs) are used for

excitation, monitor, control, and protection of the
electrical circuits for the generating system.

The three generator control units are the same and are
interchangeable. These are the three generator control
units:

- Engine 1 generator control unit (GCU 1)

- Engine 2 generator control unit (GCU 2)
- APU generator control unit (APU GCU).

Location

The three generator control units are in the flight

compartment on the front of P6 panel.
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APU GCU

GEN 2 GCU

GEN 1 GCU
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