[5257] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: generators etc...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Sat Oct 12 22:21:31 1996
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 22:16:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
To: Zachary DeAquila <zachary@zachs.place.org>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0vCEJl-0001DFC@zachs.place.org>
On Sat, 12 Oct 1996, Zachary DeAquila wrote:
> please read my note again.
>
> I was NOT flaming your statements, I agree with them 100%.
> I was flaming Mr. Michal Dillon's responses to your statements.
> Apologies if that was unclear.
>
> --Zachary
Look, what was wrong with Dillon's response? Are you saying you should not
try to protect your POP? Lets look back at some of the things Michal said.
>Take samples from the fuel tank and test them every time tanks are
>filled.
This is a basic thing and is easy to do and will save a lot of downtime if
you catch a problem. It also helps to run your generator every week or so.
>Don't site buildings where there have been floods in the past 500 years
>and don't site buildings downstream from dams. If a waterproof buildingis
>built in a flood area, make sure that snorkles rise above the 500 year
>flood level.
This is a very basic thing and all of us should try to do this.
>When siting a diesel exhaust system make sure that there are no trees,
>towers or similar things nearby that could fall on it. If in a hurricane
>area, reinforce diesel snorkels and arrange for multiple paths to get air
>in.
One more good tip, it is not hard to do this, and I have watched systems
go down because of this. It all could have been avoided if they would
have done this.
Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today!
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