4 Common Causes of Generator or Switchgear Downtime

Author: External Author | Nov 25, 2020 | Categories: Commercial Electrical Contractor , Electrical Contractor , Electrical Panel Upgrade , Electrical Troubleshooting , Industrial Electrical Contractor , Industrial Lighting Service , Residential Electrical Contractor

SStandby engine generators (code-required emergency and optional) are normally idle and need to quickly and reliably start when utility power fails for more than a few seconds. And they need to run for the duration of the utility outage, and sometimes longer. What goes wrong? The engine fails to start, the engine starts but switchgear fails to connect the generator to the critical load, or the engine starts, connects and supports the load but fails during operation.

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