Planning For Blackouts

Forbes.com (May 6 2009)

1. It's been six years since the last large-scale power failure, which affected much of the northeast for up to a week. In the aftermath of such outages, the media frequently reports a disturbing frequency of engine generator plant failures. So, what should you be doing now to avoid problems this summer when the power grid will see peak demand, increasing the likelihood of an outage? Article Controls EMAIL PRINT REPRINT NEWSLETTER COMMENTS SHARE YAHOO! BUZZ In my experience, engine generators fail either immediately, in the first 24 hours of use, or around 100 hours of use. Immediate failures have to do with the inability to start because of battery failures, fuel failures, a failure to assume the load and incorrectly wired pumps and fans. Rectifying battery and fuel failures is pretty obvious, but how do you clean battery posts, fill the batteries with water and charge them if there ... (Read Full Article)

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