Posted on March 8, 2022 by Josie Krugerud — 2 Comments
Category: Facility & Capabilities
The air-cooled test bay has been an important piece of equipment for many years. All of our portables and small air-cooled standby generators pass through for their 100% load tests. After many years and thousands of units, it was time to update.
THE OLD
The previous load banks have been with the company since the 70’s. They would tell us amperage, single phase readouts, and hertz.
As the Big-Dogs have gotten larger we needed more testing capacity and the load banks hung too low. This reduced efficiency since some units had to be tested in the liquid-cooled test bay.
FIRST THINGS FIRST – DEMOLITION
We removed everything that was no longer needed, the load banks, the old venting, and sound-proofing.
THE SEA OF RED
During construction, we had to move testing to our old liquid-cooled test bay. Normally the units would be on the conveyor rollers and pushed through the test bay. We had sea of HPS units waiting for their turn to be tested.
THE NEW
The new load bank has a home outside. Don’t worry, it will get used to the Minnesota winters.
The new system allows us to test single and three phase units. We have also added a second station to accommodate our second air-cooled assembly line we will be adding later this year.
We have more exciting changes and updates happening! Stay tuned!!
