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RE: San Francisco Power Outage


From: "Alex Rubenstein" <alex () nac net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:50:59 -0400


Sad that the little Telcove DC here in Lancaster, PA, that Level3
bought a few months ago, has weekly full-on generator tests where
100% of the load is transferred to the generator, while apparently
large DCs that are charging premium rates, do not.

Perhaps they do.  Wouldn't have mattered in this case if the
big-red-button rumor is real.  ;-)

Also, doing a "full-on generator test where 100% of the load is transferred"
is not always the best option.

Unneeded usage of VRLA's only shortens their lives.



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