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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re[4]: Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator
On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 12:14:32 -0800 Dan Lockwood <[email protected]> wrote: > Assuming the genset was running under load, how often would the oil > filter need to be changed? Are there any other issues that would need > to be addressed in a sustained power outage? As far as genset > maintenance that is. i suggest you get that info from an engineer for the outfit that supplies your generator. my familiarity with diesel maintenence is with transportation applications, and i'm not even going to attempt to guess at how to map milage intervals to the generator application (i bet locomotive guidelines might be relevant, as modern diesel locomotives are really generator sets anyway.) if you do try and go with extended runs between oil changes, at intervals take samples and have professional analysis done. this is standard practice for large truck fleets and other transportation and industrial applications. you can run a long time on the oil, but you need the analysis to correctly recognize when the jig is up. richard -- Richard Welty [email protected] Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security
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