Re: Should we put the system i on a UPS for the entire room?

[James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike wrote:
> A natural gas generator? I didn't know they existed.

Oh, yes. The ice rink where I used to work had one. The timer that ran 
its weekly exercise cycle died at one point, without anybody noticing, 
and as a result, the starter went bad. Because it was surrounded by 
brick walls with very little clearance, it took me months of tinkering 
before I was able to get the starter off, get it fixed/replaced, and get 
it reinstalled. Then (since it was a 2-cylinder engine, on a mechanical 
governor), I had to recalibrate the RPM with a borrowed vibration 
tachometer. Remarkably, when I finally tested it, the output frequency 
differed from the utility by only a few Hz.

Which is to say, if you're contemplating one of these beasties, PUT THEM 
WHERE THERE'S ADEQUATE ROOM TO WORK ON THEM, and make SURE they get 
exercised on schedule!