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[edit] The described sequence

By the way, the sequence described in the article is the exact sequence used by a real utility that I visited. The Cat diesel generator at the hydro station was started from a Sears Diehard battery. I asked the station's chief engineer what happens if the Diehard is dead. He responded "You see my pickup truck sitting out there in the parking lot..." :-)

Atlant 13:00, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I would only want to query point 6 - as generating sets don't want to run on zero load, they will generally supply their local distribution network before they supply other stations, in a black start scenario. I'll think of a subtle change to wording that might capture this. JohnGray 16:00, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Was the reference to the pickup truck saying he would head for the hills, or going to borrow its battery? --J Clear (talk) 01:28, 10 March 2008 (UTC)