Diary of a Commissioning Agent

摘要

Friday, April 1, approximately 6:00 p.m.: I arrive at the site, but find no one. I'm here to commission a new generator integrated with the existing electrical system at a healthcare facility. On initial inspection, I find two load banks in the outside alley behind the central plant. These will accommodate load bank testing. They include one large 2,000-kW adjustable and one 1,200-kW fixed load bank. The cables that will connect the load banks to the existing paralleling switchgear run along the ground, up the side of the central plant wall to the roof and into the gen-rator switchgear room.