Although the trend now a days is to avoid diesel generator on new telecom sites and discovering other energy resources e.g. solar, as off-grid powers supplies. However due to space restrictions and big CAPEX (capital expenditure i.e. initial investment) as compared to diesel generator, still makes the most favorable option as off-grid source of powers. Installation of diesel generator along with its fuel tank, are considered under the domain of CW in telecom projects. Installation of generator set is important because without it, site cannot be declared as RFI (Ready for Installation).
Therefore following should be taken care of when installing diesel genset (generator set) and its fuel tank and specially following points should be taken care of.
- The genset and fuel tank would be installed on the top slab as per approved layout.
- At the same time ATS panel is also installed on the cable ladder along with all connections.
- The genset is connected to the ATS panel and its alarm cable is also routed to the same panel.
- The fuel tank and genset are also connected to the main grounding system
