Generators are not illegal on roof tops. The once-hospital here has an enormous diesel one straight above me! It is now a multi-tenant building for businesses and residents.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Tom DeReggi <[email protected]>wrote: > While on the topic of generators..... > > Anyone have advice on how to accommodate generators in Commercial > Multi-tenant buildings. > > Several things come to mind... Gas generators are definately not allowed on > roofs, for fire safety reasons. > Adequate ventilation is likely needed for either gas or Propain generators. > > What type propain generators would likely gain permission to get installed > in a rooftop penthouse? or Roof? > > If a propain generator was used on a top floor, how would Propain get > re-fueled easilly? > Is is standard proceedure to have removable tanks, and just have new tanks > swapped (like a gas grill).? > Or is is customary to have tanks on the ground level? > Or is it always standard to put the generator at ground level, and run AC > wire up to the roof level? > Do propain gas trucks have long enough hoses to reach rooms inside parking > garages? Not likely will fit driving into parking garage? > > Do property owners worry about propain blowing up, and have limits to where > the tanks can be placed? > > I'm sure some of this is in local building code. And I can probably best > guess some of the answers for above. > > But what re other people doing, to both install and maintain at the lowest > dollar cost.? > > I saw those Generac propain models before, and they are very affordable. > Just wondering if feasible to install them on roofs/penthouses. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Richardson" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 3:08 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Small auto start generator > > > > Thank you, > > That is very good advice. After some research, I'm leaning toward a UPS. > > > > A pair of good AGM batteries and charge controller will cost less and be > > far less maintainence. Then I'd just run the CMM off the batteries @ > > 24VDC. > > > > Thanks again > > Jerry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Gary Garrett > > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 11:59 AM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Small auto start generator > > > > Small generators do not auto start very reliably. > > When cold or dampness causes hard starting the starter can overheat and > > burn out. Generally you need an electric choke to start gas engines, > > propane can "flood" and need to rest before trying again, diesel can be > > REAL hard to start when cold. Auto starters can not adapt to changing > > conditions. > > Our best generator is a Propane Ford inline 6 cyl. 25 KW 3 phase. (1955 > > Model) > > The monitor cranks for 1 min then rests and tries 3 times. Everything is > > adjustable. It knows to stop cranking when it sees AC voltage from the > > Gen. so the motor over runs the starter for just a few seconds. Only a > > huge starter motor can take this abuse and last unattended. > > > > You may be money ahead to find out why the existing generator is not > > starting and get it fixed. > > > > Jerry Richardson wrote: > >> We rent on a tower that is suspposed to have gen-set backup but it does > >> not start reliably. > >> > >> Any recommendations on a small auto-start generator? We only need to > >> power a CMMmicro - ~100watts. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> > >> __________________________________ > >> Jerry Richardson > >> airCloud Communications > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> WISPA Wants You! 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