[69183] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UPS and generator interaction?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Boyle)
Mon Mar 29 13:50:35 2004
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:47:40 -0500
To: Nanog Mailing list <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Robert Boyle <robert@tellurian.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 01:26 PM 3/29/2004, you wrote:
>I'd be very grateful to hear of any solutions that you guys have come up
>with in this arena. Also, any recommendations for generators? I'm not
>looking for something huge, just something that can be mounted on a roof.
>If I have to pour diesel into it every couple hours, that's fine too.
You need an automatic transfer switch. Asco and Kohler both make very good
ones. Square-D, GE and the other electrical component companies make medium
and huge units, but it sounds like you need a small one. This would
normally be installed along with your generator.
R
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