Re: Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator

[Alex Rubenstein <alex () nac net>]

Most places I hang around have only 5 to 10 minutes batter. We, NAC,
usually plan on 10 minutes at full load, sometimes a little more.

If your genset doesn't start and sync in 30 seconds, it's unlikely, that
even with really good planning, that you'd get a rollup there, hooked up,
etc., in time. Murphy wouldn't hear of it.





On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Richard Welty wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:37:28 -0800 Dan Lockwood <dlockwood () coe shastalink k12 ca us> wrote:
> > Our current plan is to purchase the UPS with a minimal amount of
> > battery, approximately 15min worth; just enough to get the generator
> > running.  Is this the better way to go?  Or should we consider more
> > battery?
>
> just how certain are you that your generator is always going to start
> within 15 minutes?
>
> richard
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