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Generator Rental
1,000 kW, 208 volt
generator sets offer alternatives when
480 volt electricity is not available
New York City
and the surrounding cities are of course among the oldest cities in the United
States.
Accordingly, they have some of the oldest electrical grids in the USA
as well. Therefore, On Site Energy Co. now offers 1,000 kW, 208 volt generator
sets.
One result of power grids being of early origins is the
widespread use of 208 volt electricity instead of 480 volt electricity. As one travels west of the Boston, NYC,
Philadelphia region, 480 volt electricity is used commonly in buildings,
factories, schools, and most everywhere large electrical services are required
– not so in the older cities.
208 volt electricity requires double the amperage of 480
volt electricity to receive the same amount of power. Power panels must be larger, power cables,
conduits, and diesel generators all must be large enough to produce the higher
amperages necessary when utilizing 208 volt electricity.
On Site Energy lives and does business from the New
York City area.
Accordingly, its’ customers use 208 volt electricity most commonly, and
frequently ask On Site Energy for large generator sets capable of producing 208
electricity. On Site Energy recently
contracted with MQ Power from Carson City, California, to build portable diesel generator sets, capable of producing 1,000
kilowatts of power, at 208 volts.
The units can produce 3,400 amps of power, fed from very
large bus bars accessible from the outside of the container. They carry 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel in a
double wall tank, allowing the V-12 electronic Cummins diesels, which can
consume 75 gallons of fuel per hour, to run for relatively long periods of time
without re-fueling.
Again because NYC is a typical environment for these large
generator sets, the units employ the latest technology in sound attenuation,
with sound deadening hoods in the roof for both air intake and exhaust. The units are equipped with the latest
technology in switchgear design, including motor operated main circuit breakers
and paralleling controls to operate with other generator sets or the Utility
Company power grid. The units include a
sound attenuated control room, keeping personnel safely away from the engine
and generator, as the engine produces over 1,400 horsepower, rotating at 1,800
RPM.
Other features of these unique packages include automatic
oil level regulators, oversized radiators for operating in hot weather, Tier 3
engines meeting the latest air pollution specifications, removable ladders for
fueling and operators, and oversized diesel starting batteries.
At this writing these unique generator sets have been
deployed in New York City and
New Jersey. One is currently providing power at 208 volts
to a Pathmark Supermarket, whose parent company is A&P, in New York City 24
hours a day as the building has suffered severely damaged feeder cables, it is
expected to remain in Manhattan for
the next 30 days.
These new 1,000 kW sets are expected to have an operating
life of about 15 years, and our fleet of 1,000 kW sets will be expanded as
building owners recognize an alternative to transformers and the associated
costs that exist. We have units domiciled
in New York and New
Jersey, available day or night to be dispatched to
any power emergency site.
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1-800-RENTAL-1
(736-8251)
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