[ale] power

[Bob Toxen]

I'm VERY surprised that Emory botched this.

If two substations are supplying redundant power to a large facility
(such as one I consulted at years ago), this should not happen!
Methinks someone screwed up.  Operating rooms and computerized surgery
devices really should have a working UPS and automatic backup
generators!

If Emory can't get that right, I worry that they cant get Ebola
containment right either.

At home I have a $1000 Yamaha model 2400 (2000 watt) gasoline generator
that drives a relay I rigged.  The relay switches my office UPSes to the
generator when the generator is running.  I have about 7-10 minutes to
start the generator on a power failure.

On an extended power failure (none since the generator) it can also
power either the fridge or room air conditioner or I can wire it to
power my gas heater blower.  I siphon gas from my cars for long outages
if necessary.

For lots more money and more noise an automatic whole-house generater
fed from the natural gas mains can be had.

Bob Toxen
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On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 01:20:27PM -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Had a power blink that hit the entire campus, hospital, everything at
> Emory. Operating rooms went dark for about 10 seconds then it all came
> back.
> 
> There are at least 2 substations that power Emory. The hospital is SUPPOSED
> to be power-outage proof (thus MY concerns for the ebola work!).
> 
> What power outage gear is being used at home by ALE? At work by ALE people?
> Apparently the datacenter here stayed up. But the power outage in the
> operating rooms occured while surgery was ongoing including brain surgery
> with a computer-controlled microscope.
> 
> Yikes!
> 
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