PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 384
NOVEMBER 1984
Generators Need Exercise, Too .±²
Your generatoR set stays in fighting
trim
the
same
·
way
you
do-with
reGular workouts.
That doesn't mean just beFre each
trip to the ±eld, either² That MeAns
weekly, like most T³'s call Fr²
ExeRcise is best when it's reGulaR and
o´µn² You get slugGish when you don¶t
work ou· Your generatoR set does, tOo²
Seals and ±lteRs dry out² ¸askets
crack² Batteries get
we
oR die¹ It's a
general,
and
too
o´ten
"ºtal,»
deterioration²
¼or exercise to do any good, tho, it has to be stRenuous¹
¼or a generator, that means a load o´
at lEast 50
percent²
peRcent is better.
48
³ore than
80
NOV ±²
½DL¾N¿ ÀHe ÁN¿¾Ne ¾s ÀHÁ WORsÀ tH¾N¿
ÂOU CAN ÃO² ÄDžN¿ CAN RU¾N tHe ÁXC¾tÁR,
bURN OUÀ ÀHÁ vOÅÀA¿Á RÁ¿UÅAÀOR OR bLOW
ÀHÁ ROtOR RÁCÀ¾´¾eR D¾OÃes²
ÆUNN¾N¿ W¾ÀH A L¾¿HÀ ÅOAD ¾s esPÁC¾AÅÇ
ÅÂ HARÃ
ON
D¾esÁLsÈ
É ÁtsÀÊcKin¿ËA
PARtl bURNeD O¾l And Ìel ;X bÁLcH¾NÎ
´ROÍ
tHe
ÁXhaUst
DUR¾N¿
NORÍaÅ
OPÁRAt¾Oqs-¾s ONÁ CÅUÁ tO UNdÁRLoaDÏ
¾N¿² ½´ ÂOUR DiesÁL is WetsÀacK¾N¿, RUN
¾t UNÀÐÅ ÀHe eXHaust cÅÁaRs² ½t Íay taKe
UP to
6
hoURs²
ÑotH ¿as aNd dieseL sÁts Have otHer
ProbLems wH¾cH sÀaRt With no cÅues²
ÒArbon
bU¾Åds
uP
on
vaÅvÁs
o´
ÁngiNeÓ tHat are RuN with a toÔLiGht
ÅOad, beCause the teÍPeratUre doÁsN¶t
¿et uP to oPeRaÀ¾Ng Range²
ÑeFRe Lon¿, caRbon Keeps the valvÁs
ÕRom seatiN¿. ÉHen vaÅvÁs don¶t seat,
PoweR loss is sure Ào FlÅow²
VALv± fAc±
And ST±m
.³-´
g±T bLAck
³´µ
__
_,²-³
Ñi¿¿eR generators come wiÀH lOad
banks or hAve one Ö×' D by the¾R Pubs²
Øse theÍ.
Ùor 10Ú×É anD sÍaller seÀs, thÁre
NOV ±²
aRe no Åoad banks² YOUR bÁst bet ¾s ÀO
HoOk uP tHe Ûu¾PÍeNt thÜ geneRatoR
usUaÅÅy PoweRs²
½´ tHat' s Not POssible, get a substitÝtÁ
that will Put an
80
to
90
Percent draw
on the set¶s OUtPUt. YOUr ÞS should
have a 3ßà×É Åoad baák, âSâ
6625´
0µ´518´3499;
that wiÅL dãtHejob, toO²
½´
ÂOu neÁD heÅp
äi¿ur¾Ng lOads,
thÁRe¶s soÍe goOd inF in Òhap
3¶
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20·31¸
æÅectr¾C çoweR ¸enÁèt¾oN ¾n the
Ù¾eÅd²
Appliance
Clock.
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Cofeemaker
.
Fan, 8-in´h µ
¶
·An, 10¸i
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NG!O ¹
Heater
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GrIddL
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Ç
ÈÉÊ
Ëron
Ì
.
Æ
Ç
gOOD eXeRc¾se ¾s to RÝn the set
uNDer ÅOad ´or
15·30
minutÁs a´ter it¶s
waRÍeD uP.
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