[cfgeeks] So Gil...

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On 12/5/06, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:
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> #1 The generator should be run once per week on full load to keep it in
> good working order.

It runs once a week for an hour, but not at full load.  They're afraid
of transfer switches.  :)

> #2 If you don't see the lights blink when the transfer switch transfers
> during the 6 month inspection they didn't inspect it.

I'll suggest that to the hardware guys.  My team (test/dev system
administrators) are all being trained in all the hardware stuff, but
we haven't participated in the 6 month inspections yet.  We do the
weekly readings and fill out the log.

We now have a PC that monitors the transfer switch and other
components, and alarms in the monitoring room.  However, I have found
that the ops folks have a tendency to turn the sound off instead of
acknowledging alarms once they call us about them, proclaiming that
"nobody trained us".

Training them fixes this problem for about a month, but only if you
actually go in there and train each individual operator; "train the
trainer" doesn't work with those folks.  So we just go in there
periodically and check it ourselves, turning the volume back up.
Usually to a "too loud" level, for which I have very little sympathy.
It's not like the software is hard to use.

> #3 The generator should start running within a few seconds of losing
> power not when the batteries are about to run out.

It starts running in seconds; it doesn't transfer to generator until
the battery threshold, whatever percentage that is.