AUS-EC1-L3.2

High-voltage systems and electrical safety

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High voltage in the marine world conventionally means anything above 1000 V AC. Large yachts with diesel-electric or hybrid propulsion increasingly run HV distribution - 3.3 kV, 6.6 kV and above - and the day a yacht engineer first meets an HV switchboard is the day the habits of a low-voltage career become dangerous.