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The Importance of Generator Maintenance

Making Generator Maintenance a Top Priority

It’s handy  to have a generator on site to provide you with electrical power when there’s another round of load shedding on hand. They’re also useful when you experience a breakdown of some minor or major component in the supply system, or you’re located too far from an Eskom power source to be connected to the national electricity grid.

 

Recommended Maintenance

However, it is quite another thing to ensure that essential and regular maintenance of your generator takes place, as and when the manufacturers and power solution experts recommend that routine maintenance is undertaken.

 

Functioning Optimally

Like any other piece of working equipment on which people rely, be it a motor vehicle such as an aircraft and its multitude of very complex computerised systems, a dishwashing machine, a battery-backed automatic garage door opening, or electronic security system, a generator must also be serviced and maintained as per the experts’ instructions.

 

The Root of Current Problems

Diverse reasons for on-going electricity failures and load shedding throughout the country have been given by the national electricity provider. Despite this, the powers that be freely admit that maintenance of their coal-fired power plants, generators, and associated infrastructure has been inadequate and lacking – the root of current problems.

In this and virtually all other instances, failure to perform timely maintenance invariably leads to a failure of the system and its various components. For both Eskom and the country’s consumers who rely on electrical power, this equates to load shedding, breakdowns, downtime, power failures, immense inconvenience, loss of productivity, and a massive dent in the South African economy and immediate economic prospects.

 

The Role of Coal

With the exception of the Koeberg nuclear power plant, the bulk of South Africa’s electricity is generated by power plants that burn fossil fuel – coal, of which the country has a good supply. Most of these plants are located within the immediate regions where coal is mined, intending to keep costs contained and simplifying logistics.

However, burning coal to power generators is not environmentally friendly, nor is coal a clean fuel source. Frequent, regular, and proper generator service and maintenance is imperative, especially when using coal as fuel to provide electricity. Likewise, maintenance ensures the reliability of the overall plant and supply, as well as keeping the system functional for as long as possible before replacement or complete refurbishment becomes essential.

 

Petrol and Diesel

Your domestic petrol-driven generator which you acquired as a backup system that supplies your home with power to operate essential functions and appliances should also be serviced and maintained at recommended intervals. The same applies to diesel-powered industrial units, as failures here may be extremely costly.

 

Maintenance Services

The power solution specialists at PacB Group have long since realised that the clients whom they supply with generators and additional power solutions also require maintenance services for their plants, particularly their large, industrial units.

Our standard or customised service-level agreements for generators ensures that your electricity generating equipment is kept in tip-top, fully functional condition. This specialised service includes:

• four inspections annually, as standard;
• work and tests performed according to a checklist;
• washing of the set;
• report on next service and maintenance visit, plus quotation for next inspection and parts;
• fault reporting, with quotation for repairs; and
• access to emergency line.

 

The reliability of your hard-working generator, its professional maintenance, and its optimal function is as much a priority for us as it is to you. As power solutions specialists, we understand all the implications of malfunctioning plants. Contact us today and we’ll gladly chat to you about our various options,