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Checking the electrical safety
NOTICE!
The operating company is responsible for establishing and observing the
periods between testing. Above all one must ensure observance of the re-
spectively valid national regulations.
We recommend the following checks and deadlines as general guideline values:
Tab. 5-1 Recommended test intervals
When
What / how
Who
First start-up at the op-
erating location
•
See Chapter 7 and also abide by the operating manual
provided by the engine manufacturer
•
Visual inspection for externally visible defects such as
transport damage.
Operating
personnel
Start-up on a daily basis •
See Chapter 7.3 and also abide by the operating man-
ual provided by the engine manufacturer
•
Visual inspection for externally visible defects (such as
damaged insulation, connectors, cable; leaks, noise)
•
If the generator is fitted with insulation monitoring and/or
an RCD, then the operating personnel must run protec-
tive device functional tests (see Chapter 8.2.2 and
Chapter 8.2.3 ) every working day. The operating per-
sonnel must be trained to do this.
Operating
personnel
Retest at the latest once
every six months
•
According to BGI/GUV-I 5090 “Repeated testing of mo-
bile electrical equipment“)
•
Sample test report according to
DGUV information 203-032 *)
Qualified
electrician
*) Download as a text file under → www.dguv.de Webcode:
d138299
