[121514] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Emergency power generators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Greco)
Thu Jan 21 14:18:59 2010
From: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
To: tony@lava.net (Antonio Querubin)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:17:56 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1001210903150.143@cust11794.lava.net> from
"Antonio Querubin" at Jan 21, 2010 09:04:45 AM
Cc: nanOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, Mike wrote:
>
> > site owners a solution to test and verify generator operation. Does anyone
> > have any pointers to possible solutions or vendor white papers I could look
> > at? We probably want to verify start, read voltage to verify output, and
> > maybe even gauge fuel in the tanks if thats possible.
>
> Start with the generator owner's manual. You'd be amazed at what helpful
> maintenance suggestions can be found there. Sometimes they're even
> online... :)
Seriously, "talk to your vendor." You can frequently get gear with
remote reporting, some of it will do dry contact or even talk RS232.
If you can not, a lot of it can be measured anyways.
If your gear doesn't "support" it, talk to generator service guys who
are well-thought-of in your area. I'd place good odds that they'll be
happy to outfit you with a computer-readable fuel level indicator,
oil pressure, remote test, etc., etc., though they may be smiling their
way to the bank and thanking you for all the custom work.
... JG
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