Lighten our darkness, oh Lord! The lighting thread

[Juud]

Knowing people that know stuff.....

Exactly as you say BOAC, half the lights went off, and yes it was on a Jurassic.

So if I have understood this correctly, each engine has its own generator, and they are what is normally used for electricity during the flight. In addition, there is the APU, normally used for the generation of electricity on the ground. With many airports forbidding its use longer than 30 mins before departure time because of the noise pollution, this leave sthe cabin often too hot or too cold for pax boarding, and us FAs begging the pilots to please switch it on.
The APU can also be used inflight and it's no big deal.

Thank you very much gentlemen, anmother bit of ignorance dispatched.

BOAC, Mr Brady now in the favourites; even if reading him is hard with my limited technical knowledge. Still very enlightening.

With the 2 of you in a benevolent mood would it be possible to explain
"engine bleeds off take-off" to me?
What is it?