On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:54:00 -0400, FromTheRafters
 wrote:

>MadAdmin has brought this to us :
>> On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:06:28 -0400, FromTheRafters
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> After serious thinking SeaNymph wrote :
>
>[...]
>
>>>> Goodness!  That all sounds like quite the mess.
>>> 
>>> If he had a deisel generator, he wouldn't have this problem.
>>> 
>>
>> HAH!
>> Although realistically diesels tend to be better with more frequent
>> use so you don't end up with fuel issues while propane tends to work
>> out better if it's more rarely used.
>
>Eh, it was just my way of saying it was a spoofed "Diesel" post. The 
>"real" Diesel has "diesel" and the spoofer has "deisel" in the FQDN of 
>the MID.
>

Kinda figured that was what you were on about :)

>A diesel generator I used at work was started up by compressed air when 
>the supplied power failed. We sometimes had to coordinate a 'test' with 
>the power company to avoid problems when testing the backup system. No 
>problems with batteries, switches, or flakey contactors.
>

I've seen semi trucks started that way which was really kinda cool
compared to the normal noise you hear from starting something like
that. I've seen backup generators big enough that the power company
would call the facility up to ask them to power up to give some juice
to the grid. And I've seen the backup generators installed in the new
SOCOM building which was an impressive setup. And I would have LOVED
to have seen the battle bridge completed and see it in action. But,
sadly, that wasn't part of my contract..... But I did my small part to
help ensure that the tax money spent on that was well spent in the
quality of the end result. Hope it was that way all around......
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