Utility Power Monitor Alerts Users When To Power Up and Power Down An Engine/Generator Set

Focus:

A low-cost, 5000-W engine/generator set (EGS) is a handy piece of equipment to have when the utility power is lost. But if you’re asleep when the power fails, the EGS won’t turn itself on. A simple monitor described here sounds an alarm to alert the user that utility power has failed, and also alerts the user when the power has returned.

What you’ll learn:

• How to build a simple alarm that detects both loss of and restoration of utility power to enhance usage of backup generators

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Author & Publication:

William Rynone, Rynone Engineering, Annapolis, Md., How2Power Today, Feb 15 2013

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