Posts Tagged with "Beginner"

6 Quick Engine Selection Tips

Monday, May 21, 2012

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Generator Set Engine Selection Tips Here I would like to share some engine selection tips for you to use when purchasing a gen-set. Large, reputable dealers will run through these as questions during the sales process.  In fact this is a bare minimum for questions when I am selling a generator. But some smaller suppliers […]

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Electrical Safety – Arc Flash

Sunday, May 20, 2012

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A Summary of Arc Flash In short, an Arc Flash is a form of electrical explosion. Electricity is both useful and dangerous; arc flash and electrocution being the major dangers.   The fun facts: Possible on low-voltage circuits of 480V or 600V (120V or 208V typically aren’t capable of arc flash) Even higher possibility on […]

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Understanding Diesel Engine Specification Sheets

Thursday, March 29, 2012

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Your guide to using diesel engine specification sheets So you’re developing a generator set and have selected a couple of engine manufacturers to power it.  You’ve got a design in mind and have your alternator selected.  Now the engine distributor’s sales or application people send you the diesel engine specification sheet.  It’s two or three […]

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Understanding Generators – Diesel Engine Power Ratings

Sunday, March 18, 2012

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How to understand diesel engine power ratings. There are many diesel engine power ratings for use in driving generator sets.  This post will allow you to understand them. The important ones that I will cover here are: Standby Emergency Standby Prime Power Continuous Peak Shaving Diesel Engine Power Ratings – Emergency, Standby, Prime, & Continuous […]

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Electric Power Generation Terms – Frequency – Voltage – Current

Saturday, February 25, 2012

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Electric Power Generation Terms Three major electric power generation terms you need to understand. Here you will explore Alternating Current AC electrical frequency, voltage (or electrical potential), and current (electrical flow). I will try my best to explain these concepts to beginners and provide links to further resources online. On this website I want to […]

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