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ATS Portable Generator

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PaulMmn

PaulMmn

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EIT - Engineer in Training, Lafayette College
Todd0x1 said:
I have run into this a few times when it takes a year or more to get permits for a fixed generator. Completely doable with the added bonus is your size is below the threshold where it needs to be registered in PERP and would have to be rotated out every 90 days.

Everyone in this thread is referring to gas or propane powered consumer grade portable generators. That is not what you want to use here. There are small 10-15kva diesel generators with autostart, and you need an onboard battery charger. These come on trailers or skid mount.

You just need a receptacle for the generator's battery charger, ATS with 2 wire start wired to an Inlet connector, a connector for your 2 wire start, and one of these https://anacorp.com/products-generator-sdg13lax-8e1/ MQ also has a little 10kw unit https://www.multiquip.com/multiquip/DCA10SPXU4C.htm I think you're somewhere around $15K for one of those generators.
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Don't forget the fuel heater for those cold winter nights! Otherwise, diesel fuel is like Jello!
 
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hillbilly1

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North Georgia mountains
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Owner/electrical contractor
LarryFine said:
What would power the ATS? :unsure:
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Kohler and ASCO are powered from both sources. Utility on normal, when utility fails, start contacts fail closed, backup starts, transferswitch is powered again from generator, and if voltage and frequency is in an acceptable range, it transfers. Onan powers the switch through the generator battery on the smaller units (that’s why they are three wire start, battery negative, battery positive, and third wire is start)
 
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mrdieseldude

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Land of the fruits and nuts AKA CA
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Diesel Engine Sales
I've not seen anybody address the pink elephant in the room: what is the legal definition of "home standby generator" vs "portable generator". In the court of law, legal definition tends to be 10/10ths of winning case.

By the by... I am serious. Does anyone have this definition?
 
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