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  2. DIN 72552 - Wikipedia

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    from 2nd battery and 12/24 V relay: 31 return to battery- or direct to ground 31a return to battery- 12/24 V relay 31b return to battery- or ground through switch 85d 31c return to battery- 12/24 V relay 31, 31a Electric motors; 32 return 31 33 main terminal (swap of 32 and 33 is possible) 30 33a limit 33b field 54e 33f 2. slow rpm: 33g 3. slow ...

  3. Warn Industries - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1950s, Warn Industries pioneered the development of the electric winch for use on a recreational vehicle. Previous to the electric winch, most users of four-wheel drive vehicles utilized a winch driven by a power take-off (PTO) system of hydraulic system. However, PTO and hydraulic winches will only operate if the vehicle is running ...

  4. Winch - Wikipedia

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    A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable"). In its simplest form, it consists of a spool (or drum) attached to a hand crank .

  5. Double switching - Wikipedia

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    A double-switched relay cannot close inadvertently with the application of the same current. At least two separate faults would be required to allow this relay to close inadvertently. Double switching , double cutting , or double breaking is the practice of using a multipole switch to close or open both the positive and negative sides of a DC ...

  6. Track circuit - Wikipedia

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    A broken rail or wire will break the circuit between the power supply and the relay, de-energizing the relay. See exception below. A failure in the power supply will de-energize the relay. A short across the rails or between adjacent track sections will de-energize the relay.

  7. Windlass - Wikipedia

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    Vitruvius, a military engineer writing about 28 BC, defined a machine as "a combination of timber fastened together, chiefly efficacious in moving great weights".About a century later, Hero of Alexandria summarized the practice of his day by naming the "five simple machines" for "moving a given weight by a given force" as the lever, windlass, screw for power, wedge, and tackle block (pulley).

  8. Interlocking - Wikipedia

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    The NX system allowed an operator looking at the diagram of a complicated junction to simply push a button on the known entrance track and another button on the desired exit track. The logic circuitry handled all the necessary actions of commanding the underlying relay interlocking to set signals and throw switches in the proper sequence, as ...

  9. Anchor windlass - Wikipedia

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    The combined port anchor windlass and winch of the modern ferry Stena Britannica. The hydraulically operated brake and pawl allows the anchor to be dropped from the ship's bridge. [citation needed] A windlass is a machine used on ships that is used to let-out and heave-up equipment such as a ship's anchor or a fishing trawl. On some ships, it ...