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<blockquote data-quote="Kip Conner" data-source="post: 64594" data-attributes="member: 445">Re: Portable Generator SafetyI know what I need and what I asked for, the biggest issue is with the lack of communication between the band and the event planner. I just got drug in at the last minute by the contracted band to make sense of it all. They realized that they needed someone to take control. It took me 5 days to get the address of the parking deck from the event planners... and I will go down there in advance to measure clearances and see their rain plan. It&#039;s all very very sketchy. For instance, the rain plan is that they are going to move them to a covered part of the deck. We all know it will sound bad, but worse is that they trying to put the band at the bottom of the slope... with no stage so they will sit in the water run-off. What&#039;s there is a parking deck roof. Nothing else. They are trying to provide with a generator that can&#039;t supply the power I NEED. So, I&#039;m going to take a PA system that will fit on the power that they can supply. I need 4 20A circuits, they can provide 2 20A circuits. So they get a smaller PA than what we need, but I&#039;ve done better with worse conditions. As for the grounding of the generator, the OSHA standards say that I do not need to- however, my confusion is where it&#039;s being used- on a parking deck. So where does the ground come from when it&#039;s sitting on a concrete structure? That&#039;s the part I&#039;m not sure. The code makes no mention of generator size... nor the use of your 20,000 monitor mixes. My persistence with them is that I don&#039;t know what is correct and they don&#039;t either. So, to save us both some trouble, why don&#039;t they hire someone to come in and make sure it&#039;s right. Their poor communication doesn&#039;t give me confidence that they actually know... and I told them upfront that I don&#039;t know. What I do know is that there&#039;s a huge potential for severe injury if it&#039;s not done right. They are trying to save a buck, I&#039;m trying to save a life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kip Conner, post: 64594, member: 445"] Re: Portable Generator Safety I know what I need and what I asked for, the biggest issue is with the lack of communication between the band and the event planner. I just got drug in at the last minute by the contracted band to make sense of it all. They realized that they needed someone to take control. It took me 5 days to get the address of the parking deck from the event planners... and I will go down there in advance to measure clearances and see their rain plan. It's all very very sketchy. For instance, the rain plan is that they are going to move them to a covered part of the deck. We all know it will sound bad, but worse is that they trying to put the band at the bottom of the slope... with no stage so they will sit in the water run-off. What's there is a parking deck roof. Nothing else. They are trying to provide with a generator that can't supply the power I NEED. So, I'm going to take a PA system that will fit on the power that they can supply. I need 4 20A circuits, they can provide 2 20A circuits. So they get a smaller PA than what we need, but I've done better with worse conditions. As for the grounding of the generator, the OSHA standards say that I do not need to- however, my confusion is where it's being used- on a parking deck. So where does the ground come from when it's sitting on a concrete structure? That's the part I'm not sure. The code makes no mention of generator size... nor the use of your 20,000 monitor mixes. My persistence with them is that I don't know what is correct and they don't either. So, to save us both some trouble, why don't they hire someone to come in and make sure it's right. Their poor communication doesn't give me confidence that they actually know... and I told them upfront that I don't know. What I do know is that there's a huge potential for severe injury if it's not done right. They are trying to save a buck, I'm trying to save a life. [/QUOTE]

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