2 kW LFG. Photo credit HGI
Power Down...
These are the words one does not want to hear when operating the computer controlling a UAV in the skies over Afghanistan or even worse, when you’re sat at home watching your favourite programme on the television. Electricity is something we all take for granted and only realise how dependent we are on it when it goes down. Davina White, G4 DEFENCE, went to see
Harrington Generators - the unsung heroes.
Simply put Harrington Generators International (HGI) manufacture generators. ‘And?’ I hear you say. Allow me to explain more. You go home tonight and there is no electricity, what would you lose as a consequence of that loss of power? The computer, the television, the x-box, the radio, the fridge, the central heating, the cooker, lights? All of us would be complaining royally to the
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relevant energy provider. Armed forces have to operate
in areas of the world where there is no electricity, no mains to put a plug in, yet they have to get on and operate an assortment of electronic devices. Much of the equipment in use by modern forces requires power and that power is produced by a generator. The engine of a vehicle is a generator and running it provides the
Ptarmigan vehicle. Photo credit HGI
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