Re: telehouse - 25 broadway
On Sat, 15 September 2001, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
Not to mention, cooling the radiator won't help at all, considering it's the water pump that failed.
It was a suggestion based on incomplete information. Originally I didn't know whether it was overheating due to debris and dust clogging the radiator or mechanical failure. You are correct, it wouldn't help a failed water pump. If Telehouse lets us know what specific parts (model/part number) they need, I can check our spare parts inventory for a possible loaner.
On 12:59 PM 9/15/2001 -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:
On Sat, 15 September 2001, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
Not to mention, cooling the radiator won't help at all, considering it's the water pump that failed.
It was a suggestion based on incomplete information. Originally I didn't know whether it was overheating due to debris and dust clogging the radiator or mechanical failure. You are correct, it wouldn't help a failed water pump.
However, if the water pump failed due to high temperatures caused by a radiator that wasn't cooling efficiently, cooling the radiator by pouring cold water over it before the generator failed might have prevented the failure in the first place. Therefore.... if you are running your generator in conditions where air cooling might be compromised, think about ways to keep that generator cool *before* it has a heat related or air-flow related failure. jc
But, guess what: It wasn't the water pump. It's been replaced, and the unit still overheats. On 15 Sep 2001, Sean Donelan wrote:
On Sat, 15 September 2001, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
Not to mention, cooling the radiator won't help at all, considering it's the water pump that failed.
It was a suggestion based on incomplete information. Originally I didn't know whether it was overheating due to debris and dust clogging the radiator or mechanical failure. You are correct, it wouldn't help a failed water pump.
If Telehouse lets us know what specific parts (model/part number) they need, I can check our spare parts inventory for a possible loaner.
I'f you've a 1 MW gen-set you can loan, they'd prolly take it :) -- Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, alex@nac.net, latency, Al Reuben -- -- Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net --
Was this unit tested regularly? With a load bank? If there was a weekly test run, why wasn't this problem caught? It seems like there's a lesson to be learned here. My guess is that many sites' idea of a periodic test is to fire up the generator (without a load) for 5 or ten minutes and assume everything's ok. How many folks actually perform a load transfer to the generator during testing to check out the transfer switch ? Joe -- Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications 994 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Phone: 650-213-1302 Cell: 650-207-0372 Fax: 650-969-2124
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