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Diesel Generator Efficiency

Diesel generators are vital for businesses, useful for maintaining operations, and can be an essential piece of equipment. However, often they are not cheap pieces of equipment and are an investment. You have to consider not just the upfront cost of the backup generator, but the expenditure required for ongoing service and maintenance.

Therefore, it is understandable that should you be an owner of a standby generator, you will want to minimise the expenditure and emissions that you have to put out. This is where our team here at Vital Power can help. Below, our team suggests some ways in which you can run your generator more efficiently, which can subsequently cut energy costs.

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The User Flow

Step 1

Contact Us

Looking for a generator for your site? Contact us via the contact form below or give us a call to get started with your critical power solution

Step 2

Tell us your requirements

Our team will discuss your requirements with you, explaining the options available to you.

Step 3

Site survey

One of our highly skilled generator engineers will visit your site to map out to take note of your power requirements, where the generator will be installed, answering any questions you may have

Step 4

Delivery, installation & commissioning

Once the order has been placed, our team will then install your generator on site. We also carry out rigorous commissioning processes to ensure that your equipment is ready to support your site.

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How to run your generator more efficiently

Fuel polishing

Fuel polishing uses specialist equipment to completely cleanse fuel of its impurities. As is to be expected, if you want your generator to perform at optimum capacity, it is vital that you input a high-quality diesel fuel.

Fuel impurities such as sludge and debris can cause your unit to not only operate at when it comes to generator efficiency investing in regular fuel polishing can be crucial.

Load bank testing

Generator load bank testing is crucial to prolonging the life of your generator, and ensuring that it is able to keep up with your demands. The primary reason to conduct a generator load bank test is to establish whether or not its operating capacity has diminished.

Investing in regular load bank testing for generators means you are able to identify potential issues faster. This then allows you to conduct necessary maintenance services, before the problems affect your generator’s performance. In turn, this will limit the amount of repairs and fine tuning you’ll need.

Level surface for generators

For a generator to maintain its quality of operation and operate at top efficiency, it is important that all its intricate mechanisms and moving parts are well-lubricated
and oiled.

Should your unit be on a slant, however, this can cause various problems. If your diesel generator isn’t on level ground, overheating can become a regular problem. Our Vital Power specialists can conduct a site survey for generators to advise on the best places to install a generator.

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Vital Power and generator efficiency

Here at Vital Power, we are proud to have cultivated a reputation for being unmatched in our offering of customer service. We offer a huge range of industrial generator services and have both single and three-phase diesel generators for sale. We also carry out generator service and maintenance services to ensure that your diesel generator is suitable for operation and won’t malfunction at any stage.

Got a question? We’re always happy to help.

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What Our Customers Are Saying

"Your engineer was absolutely brilliant - he got the generator working again really quickly and so I have power; he was also really professional and a real asset to your company. I would recommend your company in a heartbeat. Thank you all for helping me out in a time of need. I'm very grateful."

Site Manager

"I would like to say that your company is very customer driven. To offer a service outside your normal scope to fulfil a market need is exceptional and professional. When our new generator requires a service, I will contact Vital Power again"

Maintenance Manager

"I wanted to say a big thank you for the way my generator was installed by one of your engineers. It was done extremely professional and quickly. The engineer projected a tremendous sense of enthusiasm and confidence – and his small-talk is also most interesting to hear. I was left in awe of his complete understanding of the installation requirements. He even management to iron out a difference on the auto start that the manufacturer did not tell him about. A very clean and good working in all respects, he is a tribute to your company"

Site Manager

"Everyone at Vital Power is very professional. I was really impressed with Managing Director, he worked very hard to make sure we were happy and got everything right. The engineers were superb and extremely professional when they came to inspect our cabling requirements. We couldn't be happier with the result and I couldn't fault the work at all. We're really pleased."

Site Manager (BituChem)

"Very happy with the engineer that was on site yesterday to get involved with the power switchover. All went successfully and brilliant result! Thank you."

Maintenance Manager

"Credit to Warren, he's been absolutely unbelievable. To get the generator working in the time that he has is amazing. Great work and thanks again."

Contracts Manager

"I have just received a phone call from the client in regards to the engineer’s visit yesterday. They were very impressed by him, so much so they are thinking of switching all other generators they have over to you. It’s so good to get positive feedback, thanks again for your help"

Contracts Manager

"Your engineers are great, they are keen to help and work proactively to get things done. We were also seriously impressed with Phill Walters getting an emergency hire set to us in just 2-hours from the initial phone call!"

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