Deepak Jain wrote: > Thanks for the kind words Ken. > > Power failure testing and network testing are very different disciplines. > > We operate from the point of view that if a failure occurs because we have > scheduled testing, it is far better since we have the resources on-site to > address it (as opposed to an unplanned event during a hurricane). Not > everyone has this philosophy. > > This is one of the reasons we do monthly or bimonthly, full live load > transfer tests on power at every facility we own and control during the > morning hours (~10:00am local time on a weekday, run on gensets for up to two > hours). Of course there is sufficient staff and contingency planning on-site > to handle almost anything that comes up. The goal is to have a measurable > "good" outcome at our highest reasonable load levels [temperature, data load, > etc]. >
At least once a year I like to go out and kick the service entrance breaker to give the whole enchilada an honest to $diety plugs out test. As you said, not recommenced if you don't maintain stuff, but that's how confident I feel that my system works. ~Seth
