There are professional treatments. I've not tried any but in googling for oil additives for other issues (stuck rings/excessive blowby) and I came across them.
Greg On Jul 30, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Jonathan Schmidt wrote: > I'm concerned with Diesel. My first Mercedes Diesel quit when the fuel > tank turned into a blob of algae. > > I had never heard of anything eating that stuff but a pilot friend in the > Air Force said his plane had become clogged with algae. > > He told me to put in a quart of high detergent 10W-40 in every tank. It's > worked for 30 years. > > ...just a thought that had never occurred to me. > > . . . J o n a t h a n > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of jp > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 5:06 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Generators > > If you go propane/NG upsize quite a bit to have smooth power. > Diesel's torque makes for smoother power output undering changing loads. > Diesel can run full rated load of datacenter load. > > I went diesel (Cummins/Onan) for my datacenter. I put the generator inside > to prevent winter fuel gelling, rodents, rust, etc... It's on a > 275 gallon heating oil tank. Looks almost like new still after 10 years. > There's a whole set of design requirements for having a generator inside, > in terms of fire safety, fresh air flow for combusition and cooling, > etc..., that's why most are outside. I was building from scratch, so I put > it where I wanted it. Had a boatbuilder put a custom stainless steel > exhaust on it coming out the side of the building. > > Get something that matches the voltage and phase your utility provides. > Don't get a 1 phase for your 3phase service. Get an appropriate high > quality auto transfter switch that can switch your whole datacenter over, > not just select circuits. The transfer switch should also be able to > exercize the generator on a schedule. > > Check the hour meter and fluids once in a while so you know it's > exercizing properly and ready for use. > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 03:02:28PM -0400, Chuck Hogg wrote: >> Ok, so I am in the market for a Generator. Looking for probably >> 30-45kW. I've heard people say I need a PMG Exciter?? Anyone with >> experience in doing this? It's to support our datacenter, a few racks, >> a few 2200 UPS's and PDU's, and Cooling. I find all kinds of >> different ones on eBay and elsewhere, and am hoping someone already >> did the legwork and figured out everything they needed and can share? >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Chuck Hogg >> >> Shelby Broadband >> 502-722-9292 >> ch...@shelbybb.com <mailto:ch...@shelbybb.com> >> >> http://www.shelbybb.com <http://www.shelbybb.com> >> >> >> > >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > /* > Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL > KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting > http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ > */ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
