Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
John Summerfield wrote:
In the event of a quake, it seems to me prudent to cut HT and mains, but
then generator sets automatically starting up would tend to negate the
action.
Not really - before you cut the mains, you switch the generator set
control to off instead of auto.
And if the power goes when nobody's home?
I was away two weeks recently, and the power went while I was away. One
of the systems didn't come up, and when I got back a week later the
office had an evil smell, the smoke got out of a switch.
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Cheers
John
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