[BITList] back up generators fail

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Hugh

following are responses I got from other engineers................

'We don't need to test them.' They'll be OK, and we never have power failure anyway.....

I was on one ship where the Master Ordered me not to do the Monthly Test under load; it messed up some of their navigational playthings...

That is bad. Of course they were installed by crooked contractor making payoffs to inspectors, mafia, etc if stereotypes are to be believed.



I guess they should have started  -- but lost starting handle, batteries down, key to engine room lost, flash light batteries dead, no signal to start automatically received, luch break, engineer went home [wife called], etc. Or could be as we had in new orleans when the place was flooded during katrina, hospital emergency generators were located in the basements or at ground level and were all submerged.....................duh!



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From: HUGH 
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:56 AM
To: BitList 
Subject: Re: [BITList] back up generators fail

Colin,

"Failure of ...... " , no matter how often it's offered by the media, tells us nothing.  Were they supposed to start automatically on detection of a main power outage (dreadful word), and everyone sat around wringing hands when the lights stayed out?  Or were they hand start and nobody could find the starting handle(s)? Or did Hurricane Sandy terrify them into staying immobile?  Was there anyone in charge?  Etc.

Hugh.



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