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Hi Ed. This is really a simple task... In my company (coincidentally a power company) we have a UPS sized large enough to run every piece of equipment that needs uninterrupted power...the AS/400, some PCs and our phone system. We have a generator with an automatic transfer switch so when the power goes off the UPS keeps the required systems hot. Then the generator kicks on and after it comes up to speed the load transfers to the generator. We're using a Best Ferrups for the job -- it's a constant-on type UPS (It converts outside AC to DC, then back to AC on a full-time basis) so the the equipment doesn't even know the transfer happens. The UPS will eat 57-63 Hz power (which the generator can easily provide) and then converts it to clean 60Hz. Best Power is at http://www.bestpower.com The generator and transfer switch is made by Onan. If you go to their website (http://www.onan.com) you can find a local dealer who will be more than happy to help you size the transfer switch and generator to appropriate capacities. Barry Ed Chabot wrote: > > Ron, > Thanks, we are more concerned (right now anyway) with keeping the system up > for a remote site that might not be having the same power interruption that > we would experience. Because they are now running on our AS/400, we would > lose the production or shipping for two sites not to mention the political > egg on our face because "they didn't have these kind of problems before we > moved them onto our AS/400" kind of thing. Was it a large manufacturing > site? I can't imagine the size generator we would need to keep things > running here but then again maybe I just don't know what is out there for > this kind of thing. >
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