Patrick Muldoon wrote:
On Monday 29 March 2004 01:26 pm, Brian (nanog-list) wrote:
Does anyone know of a way to get a UPS to trigger a generator to start, and to switch over to the generator power automatically or does this type of thing just not exist?
I think you are looking at it wrong, you need an Automatic Transfer Switch. It connects to both commercial power and your generator, and provides a feed into your panels. Your UPS's sit in front of the ATS, and provide clean power. If/When you loose commercial power, the ATS will detect this and power on the generator, after a configurable amount of time it will switch to generator power, until commercial power comes back and is stable for X amount of time.
We are talking about some significant energy levels here, and this is NOT a DIY project. If the switch is hooked up wrong, you can (attempt) to power up your part of the grid during a failure, and kill people in the attempt.
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