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Home St. Maarten - St. Martin News GEBE technicians to do test run of generator--- Hopeful that there won’t be a need for anymore load shedding.

GEBE technicians to do test run of generator--- Hopeful that there won’t be a need for anymore load shedding.

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CAY BAY – GEBE technicians late Tuesday afternoon and early evening, completed their repairs to the DG-12 Generator (which can produce 8 to 10 megawatts of electricity) and will now go through the start-up of the generator as well as the test phase before the engine could be certified to be put back online.

The test phase will take a number of hours and if all goes well, the DG-12 Generator could be back online providing electricity to the community on Wednesday morning with the positive result of no more load shedding.

GEBE technicians had to replace the piston liner and rings. An abnormal amount of combustibles in the lube oil was found which GEBE engineers suspect was caused by a damaged piston ring.

Consequently, all parts had to be removed and replaced which proved to be rather labor intensive and time consuming and hence the need for load shedding.

 

 

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