{"id":8523,"date":"2015-04-28T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=8523"},"modified":"2023-03-26T09:07:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T13:07:12","slug":"out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2015\/04\/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Out with the old, in with the new"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pictures of a backup power systems replacement evolution at one of our clients.\u00a0 The old generator was a Katolight 45FGH4, circa 1990.\u00a0 The new generator is a Cummins Power GGHE-1503557 60 KW 3 phase.\u00a0 Unfortunately, when the Katolight generator was moved from the previous studio location in 1998, it was never installed correctly.\u00a0 The 500-gallon propane tank was undersized, the gas tubing was undersized, etc.\u00a0 We fixed those items, but the damage was done.\u00a0 After running too lean under load a few times, the head gasket blew and there is oil in the antifreeze and antifreeze in the oil.\u00a0 It is a Ford straight-six engine, and sure, we could rebuild it, but why bother?\u00a0 This is a major group of stations in a very lucrative market, it makes much more sense to replace the entire unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Katolight
Katolight Genset hooked up to the crane, ready to move<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Generator
Generator lift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the head gasket problem, the load on the generator has increased. Since the old generator was installed in 1998, two more stations have been added to this facility. That means another air studio, another production studio, more computers, servers, air conditioning, etc. Thus, the new generator is rated for 60 KW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cummins
Cummins Power Generator delivery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Cummins
Cummins generator lift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the GENSET is placed, connections for remote start, battery charger, block heater, and AC power output are made. We were able to reuse the existing conduit and cable, thankfully the electricians used 3\/0 AWG cable for the AC power connections to the transfer switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cummins
Cummins Power generator in place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It appears that they have dropped the Onan name, but not the color, completely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pictures of a backup power systems replacement evolution at one of our clients.\u00a0 The old generator was a Katolight 45FGH4, circa 1990.\u00a0 The new generator is a Cummins Power GGHE-1503557 60 KW 3 phase.\u00a0 Unfortunately, when the Katolight generator was moved from the previous studio location in 1998, it was never installed correctly.\u00a0 The 500-gallon … Continue reading Out with the old, in with the new<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[272,152,64],"class_list":["post-8523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-backup-power","tag-emergency-power","tag-generator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8523"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11211,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8523\/revisions\/11211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}