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clickety_clack • today at 6:31 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I would have thought that backup generators would cumulatively run for maybe a few dozen days over their lifetime. How did the fuel filters get dirty so fast?


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mikestew • today at 6:56 PM

I was thinking the same thing: fix the sediment problem in your fuel tanks, fuel filters shouldn’t get dirty as fast as this story indicates.

swiftcoder • today at 6:56 PM

Bargain-basement and/or very old fuel? Backup generators are not known for having their diesel cycled on the regular