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Testing of Emergency Generators



Manual: Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual (Ver 5)
External Reference: (TJC EC.02.05.07)

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     POLICY: This policy is to ensure operations reliability developed to promulgate the procedures which will be carried out in conducting tests of the emergency generators. A complete, labeled inventory of all emergency power systems and the loads they serve shall be maintained in the Engineering Department. The Director of the Engineering Department shall ensure staff receive competency training and testing for all operators and others responsible for system maintenance of the emergency power supply system EMERGENCY GENERATOR TESTING: The Joint Commission TJC requires non-diesel powered...
Second excerpt:
     ...shall be conducted under a load dynamic and static that is a least 30% of the nameplate rating of the generator. This testing procedure may satisfy one of the 12 times a year the hospital must test each generator. If an organization cannot meet the minimum load of 30%, they must assess the prime movers exhaust gas temperature and meet the minimum temperature per manufacturer's recommendations. After the test is performed, the fuel supply shall be replenished. Any problems identified...


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