[UK-CONTEST] Generators

[Steve Bunting]

Lots of interesting stuff on generators.

The Clifton ARS avoids live filling by using LPG to power its generator. 
Two generators were converted about 15 years ago. One was stolen, but 
the other (3KVA if I remember correctly) remains in use today. Once up 
and running it requires little attention as there is a change over valve 
that switches gas bottles automatically when one runs out. Typically we 
weigh the bottle every few hours to monitor fuel levels and have been 
doing it for so long that we have a decent set of calibration curves for 
each FD event. G3JKY wrote the project up in RADCOM, if anyone needs 
further info. The club has easily recouped the conversion cost in fuel 
alone, and I think it is safer and easier too.

73
Steve
M0BPQ