[4164] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MAE-East still no generator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Sun Sep 8 13:28:35 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: edm@halcyon.com (Ed Morin)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 13:26:09 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: stuart@pa.dec.com, alan@gi.net, perry@piermont.com, asp@partan.com,
nathan@netrail.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.93.960908094537.485K-100000@halcyon.halcyon.com> from "Ed Morin" at Sep 8, 96 09:49:02 am
> Interesting enough, many fire departments won't allow roof mounted
> generators anymore because storing fuel along with it is considered
> hazardous. We had an awful time getting our 250 kw generator installed
> and ended up with it on the ground level next to the parking garage
> with an integral fuel storage tank; it was the easiest to get permitted.
>
> Also, if you have ever been to MAE-East, you might realize that one
> particular tenant that is effectively "sub-letted" in the facility
Eberything in the huge UUNET cage looked to be on DC...
> would probably have a slim to none chance of getting such a thing
> installed. I suspect the DC to AC inverters are best for folks to
> try, but it would have been nice if MFS had addressed the issue in
> a more effecient manner when the new facility was constructed.
>
> Ed Morin
Avi
