Generator Emergency Run Times

A.       Normal Outage – Estimated Less Than 3 Days

·         Generator to run up to 3 days continuous

B.      Extended Outage – Start of the 4th day

·         Millennium Clock turned on.

·         Generator will start at 5am to 10am

·         Generator will start again at 5pm to 10pm           

C.      Major Power Outage – Start of the 7th Day

·         Millennium Clock Turned Off

·         Generator will be manually turned on and run 5pm to 9pm

·         This will be the schedule for the next 7 days

·         President and Certified Operator to consult daily about the power and generator schedule

D.      Natural Disaster Schedule – Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcano etc.

·         President and Certified Operator to immediately consult

·         Depending on the degree of disaster, the generator will be turned on daily for a limited amount of time

E.       Natural disaster affecting the water supply pipes in the road – Earthquake

·         Main water valve turned off supplying water to the pipes to homes

·         Plumber will be contracted to repair the pipe

·         Until the pipes are repaired, the well will be turned on 5pm to 7pm to supply water to home owners using a hose at
        the well house

·         This is also the procedure in the event of a “normal” leak on a pipe in the ground. Of course this will be repaired sooner
       if not from a major natural disaster (earthquake)

   The generator burns an average of 1.5 gallons of diesel per hour. Under full load the generator burns  1.8 gallons. Idling it burns 1.2 gallons
   per hour. The tank holds 306 gallons.
   This provides approximately 204 continuous hours of run time. Under normal wind storm outages, our diesel supplier has indicated that we
   can receive a fill up in a reasonable amount of time. The goal would be to schedule a fill up after continuously running 3 days.
   The minimum delivery amount is 100 gallons without a surcharge.

Home Owners will be notified on the website, if available, of run status level.
A sign will be hung on the generator fence
indicating run time when we are in
  A through E run times.