Graham Young BSc Managing Director – Antares (Europe) Limited
5.4 Power Generators and Electrical Systems for Outside Broadcast
5.4.1 Introduction
Outside Broadcast vehicles contain electrical equipment to carry out their function; this can be anything from basic lighting, stabilisation jacks, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning through to the specialist broadcast equipment itself.
All this requires power to be generated, stored, converted and switched by a vehicle subsystem called the auxiliary electrical power system. This area is often overlooked when specifying the vehicle but has the most profound consequences if it fails to perform – this will invariably happen during a major cup final or a critical news broadcast!
The purpose of this ...
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