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Albeny NY generator installation contractors? Suggestions?

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Hi all,

I'm trying to get generators installed at two of my dinosaur sites near Albany NY. I was getting quotes for the Capex requirement, and one guy pulled out because "no electricians are available", and the other went on vacation and it's been two weeks since I heard from him and no quote yet.

Does anyone know of any qualified contractors/companies in the eastern NY state area? I'd prefer to go with a little guy instead of one of the big companies that would just take a cut and contract out a local guy anyways.

Thanks.

~Matt
 
How big an installation? Single phase or three phase? Anything in the 40 kw or under I would think could be handled by any licensed electrician.

Actually four different stages here:

1. Inside electrical work to install transfer switch & then connect electrical to generator

2. Contractor to build outside pad for generator, and install conduit into building for electric and control wiring (simple job);

3. Push-haul & load folks to put the geni in place (we used local moving company people to manhandle our 20 kw off the truck & onto the pad)

4. Final electrical install by electrician & final set-up by geni company's tech (usually needed for propane, not necessarily so for diesel)
 
You sound like you should definitely contact David Groth at Radio Engineering Services in Red Hook, NY, but if you're the Townsquare Albany, NY engineer, you probably already knew that. Dave sells, installs, maintains, troubleshoots and repairs radio station generators, and a whole lot more.
 
Site #1 is 50kva/3ph and very straightforward.

Site #2 is...complicated. The service is 240v/1ph, which feeds a pair of rotary phase-converters, which then feed buck/boost transformers, which then feed 208/3ph to the transmitter. And there is a dead(ish?) backup transmitter with it's own converter/disconnect. We're going to try to simplify everything, but it will take someone qualified to do the work.

Thank you for the referral to David Groth, I'll try to scare him up and get a quote.
 
Site #2 is...complicated.
Click to expand...
Ugh!
I agreee with you simplify is good!
A 3-phase 208 genset!
Seperate transfer switches after each converter (ok that's not simpler). But if a rotary phase-converter dies you can go on generator.

Or get rid of them and go with a solid state phase converter for the whole building.

If you have lots-o-dollars to spend ;)
 
What are you ultimately running at site #2?

You may be ahead to upgrade transmitter first vis-a-vis hiring electrician for a complicated wiring job.
With the recession, you might find that a single phase transmitter is not as expensive as you might think.
 
Dave Groth is one of the guys Remund p.o.ed when they terminated him and the cheif engineer. Good luck with that
 
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