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Old 03-14-2008, 08:50 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Kniffin
Good information indeed.

So do engine manufacturers have a formula for operating at certain lower parameters, just as they do for higher parameters?

They do some what. For Cat you can have a E rated engine which is like suggested full load at 80% of the time, oppose to a A rated engine that is suggested for full load at 20% of the time (don't quote me on these numbers, example only!) So then you need the proper rated engine for vessel usage.
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