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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.
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.
Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
On 4/24/2020 10:30 AM, Al Fuller via Shop-talk wrote:
> 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].
>
> 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 couldnâ??t
> support the load. It was very frustrating to have a working diesel
> generator, but unable to power the building!
>
>
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<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. <br>
</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. <br>
</p>
Eric Russell<br>
Mebane, NC <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/24/2020 10:30 AM, Al Fuller via
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<div class="WordSection1">As regards the comment you made below
that the generators get exercised 30 minutes a week: Please keep
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<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 couldnâ??t support the load. It was very
frustrating to have a working diesel generator, but unable to
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