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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Eric – it sounds like the system ‘worked’ [albeit in a perverse way…]. The testing should illuminate any weaknesses in the system and allow for fixing that before it’s really needed. Luckily you were able to persist!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>----------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Al Fuller<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Russell via Shop-talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 24, 2020 11:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> shop-talk@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shop-talk] diesel fuel question<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Since we've drifted a little bit off-topic (and we likely have too much free time now), here's my story about emergency generators. At the time I was working (RN) night shift in a hospital ICU. Every Tuesday about 6am the hospital would test their emergency generator. It was supposed to be a quick blink from regular power to emergency power. Except in our ICU (and only the ICU) the power would be off for 3-5 minutes! Not fun when you have patients on ventilators that did not have battery back-up. It got so bad I would remind my staff to stand by with flashlights and manual Ambu bags every Tuesday morning. <o:p></o:p></p><p>I complained to the engineering department but they insisted the power would only be off for a few seconds at most. I finally convinced the chief engineer to come sit in our unit on a Tuesday morning. He did, the power went off for a full 5 minutes and the color drained from his face. Whatever was the problem finally got fixed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eric Russell<br>Mebane, NC <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 4/24/2020 10:30 AM, Al Fuller via Shop-talk wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>As regards the comment you made below that the generators get exercised 30 minutes a week: Please keep in mind that its sounds like you meant to say the diesel engines get exercised [as opposed to the generators]. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The difference is the generator set also includes the transfer switch, wiring and other components. I had one client that fired up the diesel weekly, but when a wind storm blew down the power lines, the facility was down for a week while they tried to locate a new transfer switch. It turned out the building housed a lot more people and equipment than when the generator set was first specified and the switch set couldn’t support the load. It was very frustrating to have a working diesel generator, but unable to power the building!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>