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Re: Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Wed Apr 2 19:19:09 2003

Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 19:16:04 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
To: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com>
Cc: Dan Lockwood <dlockwood@coe.shastalink.k12.ca.us>,
	"nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0304021547530.13143@catbert.rellim.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu



> > He also is strongly opposed to us purchasing a natural gas generator
> > which seemed like a shoe-in for us.

We currently have a 133 kwatt nat gas genset. It has performed flawlessly
-- they work well.

The point of the marshall shutting of gas is a valid one, but I've not run
across that. Also, if you are in a situation that the fire marshall need
sto shut of nat gas, it may be a moot issue.




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