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Power Design PRO Software
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Free Software
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The most powerful electrical and mechanical design and sizing tool on the market, Generac Industrial Power's Power Design Pro has been improved with more added features. This software is a one stop solution center for the consulting engineer. In addition to state of the art generator sizing and analysis, it includes...
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EGSA Certification
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EGSA Certification will identify those technicians who not only have a broad knowledge of electricity, mechanical and electrical components and the interaction between them, but are proficient in the installation, service, maintenance, and repair of On-Site Power generation systems.
Our EGSA-certified work force at GEN-TECH shows our customers that our personnel are highly qualified and that our organization is committed to excellence. |
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A New Year is just around the corner. What does 2012 hold in store for GEN-TECH and those we serve. Check out our January 2012 Edition and find out.
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Quoting Electricity
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"All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed - only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle. Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplish-ments. The present is theirs, the future, for which I really worked, is mine."
--Nikola Tesla "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." --Lord Acton |
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GEN-TECH POWER CONNECTION
Emergency Power News - December 2011
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| Greetings!
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Looking back on 2011, the widespread Southwest blackout affected large areas of Southern California as well as western Arizona and Mexico. Beginning Thursday afternoon, September 8, at around 3:30 PM, the cascading failures eventually forced the shut down of the San Onofre nuclear power plant (protecting it from overload), plunging millions of people into darkness.
As the blackout swept across parts of the Southwest and Mexico, which apparently began with a utility worker performing a minor repair, calls to GEN-TECH began coming in around closing time that day. We where asked to deploy an 800kW and a 1mW to Yuma for a large grocery store chain. As well, we sent all generators from our ready line to a mobile phone company in Escondido. Our Technicians and support staff worked throughout the night to deploy several megawatts of various sized Mobil power units to affected areas within hours of the first call. Our commitment to being available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, was clearly on display that evening.
So while you browse through the latest edition of our Newsletter, let the Great Blackout of 2011 serve as a reminder that GEN-TECH stands ready to keep your power on should utility power fail.
Sincerely,
Michael Bonville GEN-TECH 800-625-8324
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Battery Maintenance and Needs
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With Christmas, winter, toys, and a time when battery replacement seems to be a forethought on our minds, I thought it apropos to write an article on battery care and maintenance.
The commercial use of the lead acid battery is over 100 years old. The same chemical principal that is being used to store energy today is basically the same as that which was used in the first Model A Ford.
If you can grasp the basics of battery technology you will have fewer battery problems with your generator and will get better performance, reliability, and longevity.
Analysis of emergency generator set failures shows that battery problems cause at least half of all failures to start. These failures don't need to happen. Generator set maintenance requirements frequently give detailed attention to the engine, the generator, and peripheral equipment but little more than voltage requirements for the starting battery. Reliability of a generator requires a good battery and charger and periodic maintenance. Proper maintenance can prevent almost all battery failures.
Battery failure can be the result of an old battery reaching...
(complete article here).
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ASK GT?
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Question: I have heard that electricity flows from negative to positive, yet every diagram I see shows it flowing from positive to negative. So, which way do they go?
Answer: When Benjamin Franklin speculated that the direction of charge flow, he set a precedent for electrical theory that exists to this day, despite the fact that we know electrons are the components of current, and that they are displaced from the negative to positive -- not from the positive to negative -- when say two dissimilar materials are rubbed together. This is why electrons are said to have a negative charge: because Franklin assumed electric charge moved in the opposite direction that it actually does, and so objects he called "negative" (representing a deficiency of charge) actually have a surplus of electrons.
By the time the true direction of electron flow was discovered (nearly 100 years later), the categorization of "positive" and "negative" had already been so well established in the scientific community that no effort was made to change it, although calling electrons "positive" would make more sense in referring to "excess" charge. Franklin could have just as easily referred to a surplus of charge as "green" and a deficiency as "blue," in which case we would be speaking of electrons having a "blue" charge (assuming the same incorrect assumption).
However, because we tend to associate the word "positive" with "surplus" and "negative" with "deficiency," the standard for electron movement does seem backward. Because of this, engineers years ago decided to retain the old concept of electricity. This became known as conventional flow.
At the end of the day; it doesn't matter, really, how we designate current flow in a circuit, so long as we're consistent in the use of the symbols. You may follow an imagined direction of current (conventional flow) or the actual (electron flow) with equal understanding of the circuit.
You may want to consider coming to one of our training seminars or workshops where we cover Circuit Diagrams and how it relates directly to today's power generators. Take a look here for more information on our classes and dates. Do you have a question for GT? Submit your question here. We answer every question. With your permission we may publish your question along with our answer in the next issue. |
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About GEN-TECH
We service equipment, made by every major manufacturer in the engine driven generator business, at locations throughout the United States and around the world. We take great pride in being your single source of responsibility for your emergency systems before and after the sale. We are your full service, one stop, generator system supplier combining sales, service, parts, rental and training under one roof!
Arizona Generator Technology, Inc.
dba: GEN-TECH7901 N. 70th Ave. Glendale, Arizona 85303 800-625-8324
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Store Locations: Glendale, AZ | Tucson, AZ | Las Vegas, NV
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