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Re:What Happened in the UK Blackouts? by mytailorisrich on Sunday September 01, 2019 @11:58AM (#20852926)
Of course they should be routinely tested. This is not a new idea and is an established best practice.

This is why I am very surprised when I read that hospitals generators failing to take over is just "one of those things".

It's like the 'old' saying that you don't have backups until you test recovery from backups...

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Re:What Happened in the UK Blackouts? by andygates on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @07:51AM (#20865627)
We didn't hear about all the other hospitals that easily switched over to generators, just the one that failed. There's room for investigation there, but it's on the site, not the system.
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