Testing diesel generator and automatic transfer switch, real power fail test at Elementary school

I'm no electrician, but I absolutely love the sound of a diesel engine. Wasn't expecting to see John Deere printed on that though, I figured it would be a Cummins or something.

Cool! I used to work in IT and babysat our datacenter during generator testing. One time the generator maintenance company transferred to gen, everything was fine, then he saw something he didn't like, and hit the gen EPO (emergency engine power-off) before transferring back to grid power. This caused some kind of logic state error in the computer control which prevented switching to grid, and also prevented the generator from starting up. It sat like that for like 30 minutes and our UPS batteries discharged beyond the damage zone. Then finally they got it back to grid somehow by fudging the controls manually. Needless to say there were some adjustments made to the system so that wouldn't happen again.

Bro I love your vids I’m fascinated by back up power systems and how it all works thanks for the content .. can’t find many videos like urs

I love the testing videos🤌🏾

Love the sound of this it’s just like a truck starting up; only a lot quieter and more efficient.

Love this.... I work in a hospital and We are requird to test ours weekly, and ya same thing with the use of diesel as the generator "Must be able to run independently of outside sources of wster or fuel".. Doesnt mean you can't jost have to be able to... CAT makes an engine that is able to throttle back on the diesel and introduce natural gas to allow you to conserve diesel and extend run time. Any failure of natural gas or abnormal operating condition the engine reverts back to 100% diesel.

Love the crank sound (also I made a charger for dead car batteries)

Most of the gensets in my area (in upstate NY) are Caterpillars or Cummins Diesels for the commercial buildings like hospitals and nursing homes. Not many schools have backup power here.

I kinda like the windows on the classroom doors. Kinda unique how they did rhombus shaped windows!

2:05 start

Love these videos. Now idk how many hours it's got but it looks like it's starting to wetstack cause of all the smoke continuously under load, she might need a 4hr load bank test at 100% capacity to get hot enough to burn off all the carbon in the exaust system. 👍🏻👍🏻

The amount of exhaust smoke I see make me think you have wet stacking going on. Might what to look into a load bank test.

Can you get tornados in your area as well? Just curious.

You should do a Q&A with ur partner you work with he seems like a cool dude

Hey Nic, does this generator power the elevator in this school? I know the generator in your school does not power any of them in your school for some odd reason.

Quick start up as long if it happens during school teachers should be told to calm some kids down when lights go out.

Is that Generator the same size as the one that powers your high school? It's a different company but but physically looks the same size.

How big is the diesel tank and how long will it run for?

hope for that natural disaster you have a 48-hour diesel storage tank. That factory tank it's sitting on is only designed for 8 hours under load max. Thats not much fuel for a natural disaster event.

Why do gensets make me geek out.