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    A standby generator is a back-up electrical system that operates automatically. Within seconds of a utility outage an automatic transfer switch senses...
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    Black start (redirect from BS generator)
    start standby generator. Alternatively, where a large amount of power is required, a tie-line to another generating plant or to an emergency generator may...
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    failures, diesel generator sets also routinely support main power grids worldwide in two distinct ways: Emergency standby diesel generators, such as those...
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    electric multiple unit Diesel generator Electric generator Fuel cell Head end power Motor–generator Standby generator Stationary engine Denis, Linda...
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    UPS differs from a traditional auxiliary/emergency power system or standby generator in that it will provide near-instantaneous protection from input power...
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    electrical systems on loss of normal power supply. A standby power system may include a standby generator, batteries and other apparatus. Emergency power systems...
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    the temporary frequency drop experienced with a standby generator set gives until the standby generator kicks in. Capacitors and autotransformers can be...
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    plants, and mines will usually have backup power sources such as standby generators, which will automatically start up when electrical power is lost....
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    or portable versions can be used for testing power sources such as standby generators and batteries. They are necessary adjuncts to replicate, prove, and...
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    an interruption, or may be required only to provide power while a standby generator set or other emergency power supply is started. Batteries often used...
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    shelters and the like will usually have backup power sources such as standby generators, which will automatically start up when electrical power is lost....
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  • V . Produced for marine use during the war, Perkins used one on a standby generator at the factory which is now in preservation. none 2000/3000 Series...
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    uninterruptible power supply or other backup battery arrangements, standby generators, and sometimes with additional equipment such as remote DSLAMs. SLCs...
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    Single-phase generator (also known as single-phase alternator) is an alternating current electrical generator that produces a single, continuously alternating...
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  • generators, and in 1989, Generac introduced the first gaseous-fueled automatic home standby system. In 1992, Generac began private labeling generator...
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  • power is not available. It differs from an auxiliary power supply or standby generator, which does not provide instant protection from a momentary power...
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  • consumers Operation of second generator in case first generator will be loaded 80% of its capacity Operation of standby generator, in case of malfunction in...
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    Archived 2007-01-12 at the Wayback Machine Safely Installing Your Standby Electric Generator, Flathead Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Jul. 2006; accessed Dec...
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    within 8 cm (3 in) of the 11-kV busbars. On the first floor is a standby generator and switchgear should the mains supply to the wheel fail. The second...
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  • dollars of damage to the dock and the ship. On October 9, 2009, a standby generator on Spirit of Vancouver Island caught fire on an early morning sailing...
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    These may be used, for example, for factory and in-service testing of standby generators. A load bank may be used to stabilize a power system in case of loss...
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  • aid or Wilderness first aid Gasifier HHO generator Microturbine Night-vision device Pulsejet Standby generator Thermal imager Vehicles, aircraft, watercraft...
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  • with normal water pumped into the cooling circuit. On the other hand, the standby liquid control (SLC) system (SLCS) consists of a solution containing boric...
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  • added the option of including software to integrate most AC home standby generators. And the IQ Load Controller is a hardware add-on feature that enables...
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    the S-class ferries underwent major refits. On October 9, 2009, a standby generator on Spirit of Vancouver Island caught fire on an early-morning sailing...
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    from a separate source when utility power is not available. Unlike a standby generator, it can provide instant protection from a momentary power interruption...
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    controlling switchgear returned the unit to operation as a generator. Because the starter-generator was directly coupled to the engine it did not need a method...
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    Kestrel. During the 1972 miners' strike the engine and generator were removed as a standby generator for the Brush Falcon works. After this, parts began...
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    heaters are also found on the diesel engines in standby generators, to reduce the time taken for the generator to reach full power output in an emergency....
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  • possible power outage causing the automatic standby generator to run. Early on, word of a possible generator malfunction may have caused the fire, but by...
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