The health and reliability of every one of your equipment are critical in your business operations. Especially when it comes to your generator \u2013 it\u2019s especially crucial for it to always be at tip-top condition. It is essential equipment in the power system as it helps to ensure your business is up and running at all times.<\/p>\n
That said, a malfunctioning generator can negatively impact your business tremendously. You may need to consider generator rewinding<\/a> so you can get to the bottom of your equipment\u2019s condition<\/a>. And if need be, go for a repair or replacement.<\/p>\n While there are many reasons for a generator failure \u2013 one of the leading causes is low load mode. Read on to discover what kind of damage can a low load mode do to your generator, and eventually business.<\/p>\n What exactly is a low load?<\/strong><\/p>\n Manufacturers usually specify a minimum allowable load on the generator (by stating a percentage of its rated capacity) to give operators a recommended load to follow. This does not prevent the generator from being turned off; it only prevents it from functioning at too low a load.<\/p>\n For instance, the minimum load is set to 40%. If the required power from the generator is 50% of its capacity, it operates at 50%. On the other hand, if it\u2019s 30% \u2013 it still starts running at 40%. The surplus power will be used to charge the batteries, serve as the deferrable load, or simply be dumped aside.<\/p>\n In this case, anything below 40% is considered as low load. Operating at a low load will only lower the performance of your generator, and in the worst-case scenario \u2013 cause it to break down completely.<\/p>\n The consequences of low load on generators are aplenty \u2013 but here are some of them: What you can do is avoid running your generator uninterruptedly in low load mode \u2013 or you can lower the usage to minimum periods of time. The recommended period of time for using generator sets in low load conditions is 15 minutes or less.<\/p>\n After which, you should increase the load for a short period to increase the pressure and temperature. That way, you can avoid some of the above incidents. You could always give a call to your manufacturer to receive advice on safe, low load operation durations and values.<\/p>\n On the flip side, it\u2019s important to note that once every year \u2013 there should be a \u2018load bank\u2019 test. The generator will run for a couple of hours at full load to clean the engine completely, to remove the carbonised oil deposits in the exhaust system and engine.<\/p>\n However, if any of the above issues still persist, and you notice that your generator\u2019s performance is still deteriorating \u2013 your engineer has to be called in for sure. They\u2019ll do a thorough generator overhauling<\/a>, and determine what action to take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The health and reliability of every one of your equipment are critical in your business operations. Especially when it comes to your generator \u2013 it\u2019s especially crucial for it to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tThe impact of low load<\/h2>\n
\nNote: This is not an exhaustive list<\/p>\n\n
Preventive measures<\/h2>\n