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Electrical generation and distribution

USCG-DDE-M3 · The Plant · USCG-DDE-M3-A The machinery a DDE actually runs

The main engines run when the boat moves. The generators run always. On a yacht with air conditioning, galley, laundry, watermakers, stabilisers and a full guest load, the genset is the hardest-worked machine aboard — and it is the one most often treated as an appliance.