ElecComm Power Services Blog

During emergency electric power outages, planned project shut downs, and to meet a short lived rise in energy demands business owners often need to consider renting emergency power generators.

ElecComm Power supplies back-up emergency generators in an around New England and New York. In addition to leasing electrical generator equipment, we also lease other electrical equipment such as load banks, fuel tanks, transformers and power cable and distribution panels and accessories.

Load Banks
Load Banks are used for a variety of applications which include testing power sources such as generators and uninterruptible power supplies, reducing “wet stacking” problems, factory testing of engine generator sets, ground power testing, battery testing, and more.

Fuel Tanks
If you need generators for more than two days, you may want to rent additional diesel powered fuel tanks to power them. ElecComm Power Services has single-walled or double-walled skidded tanks. They are available in the following sizes: 500-1000 gallons.

Power Cables and Distribution Panels
Renting electricity accessories with the equipment you need ends up costing your business less money. We rent power cables and many other distribution panels in order to complement our top-notch rental equipment.

Purchasing a generator could turn out to be an unaffordable thing to do for many people. Yes, it may come as a surprise to you but there are some very high-quality and powerful generators whose price may reach or even be over $10.000. It definitely doesn’t sound like a small amount of money, especially as you keep in mind the fact that most of the people wanting to buy a generator needed for a certain period of time (not permanently). So the generator rental could turn out to be the best thing to do in such cases as it gives the customers many advantages.

First of all, you will save money! No surprise money is mentioned first since the generator rental may be between six and ten times cheaper than purchasing the generator itself. Let’s take a simple example: you need a very expensive generator say for a concert which will be thrown outdoors. Many kilowatts of electricity are needed and you obviously cannot get them by using the utility electricity. Here we come to the powerful generators which will cost you around $10.000 or even more.

Is it really worth spending that much money on a generator which will be needed for no longer than a month, week or even a day?! Of course, it’s not. So the generator rental would certainly be the best thing to do in a situation like that.

As it has been mentioned, a brand new generator would cost $10.000 but if you are lucky enough to come across a good bargain, you may rent such a generator for $1.000 per month or even less. Saving $9.000 is definitely not a minute to be neglected!

But what stops many people from doing it, is that they are afraid of being cheated or being given a generator of low-quality. However, those worries are unfounded since you can rent a generator of high quality. The only thing which makes it different is that somebody else has rented before. So it’s like getting a used generator but still much cheaper! Furthermore, if the generator rental is not fully working or causes problems, you can always complain and get your money back as long as your complaint is founded of course. If you want to minimize the possibility of renting a generator of bad quality or at too high rate, visit a couple of sellers offering the service of generator rental.

One of the most useful tools in the realm of power generation is the load bank - a self-contained device that applies electrical loads to a power source, then converts or dissipates the resulting power. Power generation entails a number of different resources, tools, and solutions, ranging from generators and transformers to fuel tanks and power accessories. But one of the most useful tools in the realm of power generation is the load bank.

The purpose is to mimic the actual load that a power source will see in application. So, while a real load is served by an actual power source, a load bank serves the power source and uses its energy output to test, support or protect that source. This method of power generation is beneficial in that while a real load is often unpredictable and random in value; the load applied from a load bank provides an organized and controllable load.

Load banks - particularly applicable to the shipping, oil and gas, and utilities industries - can be put to various uses - one of the most common being in power system testing. For instance, many companies will need to test their lower power factor simulation, frequency converters, or entire electrical systems - often for maintenance purposes. And doing so can prevent the risk of costly power failures, as well as maximize efficient production during routine maintenance. Another common use is in the construction of gas turbine platforms and the commissioning of newly installed turbine or diesel generators. And finally, they are valuable tools in the reduction of wet stacking problems, periodic 'exercising' of generator equipment, battery testing, and the removal of carbon build-up on certain electrical or power generation equipment.

Load banks come in various sizes, and with different power-factor testing capabilities. What's more, they're available in portable and compact forms, enabling use in a range of spaces. Feel free to contact us at any time should you have any questions about load banks or power services and we’ll be happy to help.