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On the oil rigs/plants, the rule was to run the emergency generators everyday for half an hour.

"People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them." - Jean Monnet

by Melanchthon on Mon Mar 14th, 2011 at 03:24:07 AM EST
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I would think that the emergency generators must be run at least once a week for a long enough time for the engines to get up to full working temperature.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Mar 14th, 2011 at 11:23:01 AM EST
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Wouldnt surprise me to find that in theory they have to have at least one of the emergency generators running at all time.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Mar 14th, 2011 at 12:17:44 PM EST
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Japan disasters open thread | 315 comments (315 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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