Sites using generators, take note!

Trimbox CEO Evren Yurttaş pointed out the danger of large generators at sites during blackouts.

Evren Yurttaş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yurttaş Holding and CEO of Trimbox, noted that large generators in the sites have the possibility of starting a fire during power outages. “Undoubtedly, the sites that are among the users of generators express a certain financial power and modernization. The reason is very simple; even if you stay in the elevator for a short time when the power goes out, it is necessary and sufficient to use a generator.

The Great Risk in Electricity Shifts

However, we should not forget that every blessing comes with a burden. I would like to share with you an incident that I personally experienced. I woke up in a beautiful residence in a prominent neighborhood of Istanbul at 3:38 a.m. with a loud humming sound. The reason for the humming was the activation of the very large generator of the complex.

In my sleepy state, I understood from the sound of the fridge inside the house that the power went off – the generator came on, the power came on – the generator went off 4-5 times within 5 minutes. The repetition of this event several times means that the instantaneous overvoltage, which we call peak, can cause damage to many electrical appliances in the house or on the site. Unless there is a surge protector.

Of course, the damage to the goods is important, but there is an even more important risk, which is the fire caused by the electrical contact. The circuit breaker, which disconnects the generator from the mains, is supposed to continuously supply the network or generator voltage to the system. However, sometimes there is such a situation that both the mains and the generator try to feed the line, and then it is a disaster”.

“I recommend that you switch to total protection by warning your neighbors,” Yurttaş said, “The reason is that while the system should be phase-neutral 220V, a voltage between 220V-440V will be started to be continuously supplied to your system according to the synchronization that will coincide, and your devices in the socket can burn and start a fire until the fuse opens.

Every con has a pro, this reminds us that there is a precautionary measure for such a problem, I recommend that the site or operators who benefit from the blessing of the generator can overcome this problem very easily at a cost of TL 1,000-2,000 by using the surge suppressor Trimbox and that it will not come to negligence, even without forgetting that the fire is a social disaster because the fire next door can spread to you, I recommend that you switch to total protection by warning your neighbors”.