backup generator

collocation in English

meaningsofbackupandgenerator

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backup
adjective[only before noun]
uk
/ˈbæk.ʌp/us
/ˈbæk.ʌp/
supporting the main singer, performer, ...
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generator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.eɪ.tər/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.eɪ.t̬ɚ/
a machine that produces ...
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(Definition ofbackupandgeneratorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Instead, backup generators were quickly able to restore power.
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All power inside the terminals was lost and air traffic was halted; however the control tower, runways, and taxiways remained lit, powered by backup generators.
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Most businesses and upper middle-class and rich households have backup generators and batteries that they use in times of outages.
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Backup generators sometimes failed to engage when activated, and on other occasions, side channel issues occurred during operation, preventing them from generating power.
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Plant workers had no clear instructions on how to respond to such a disaster, causing miscommunication, especially when the disaster destroyed backup generators.
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The lighthouse was manned by two lighthouse-keepers until 1966 when it was electrified, with abackupgeneratorand emergency battery (used if the generator failed).
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One hospital was left without power for two hours when itsbackupgeneratorfailed.
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This will permit both stations to remain operational in the event of a weather emergency, as the transmitter site is equipped with abackupgenerator.
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The building has 24/7 security and abackupgeneratorprovides electricity during power outages.
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The transfer switch isolates thebackupgeneratorfrom the electric utility when the generator is on and providing temporary power.
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The only way to re-fire thebackupgeneratoris by going through the service ducts.
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Five of those deaths were patients on ventilators who died after the building lost power and abackupgeneratordid not work.
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He briefly encounters a man who is taken by the darkness, before coming across a bar being powered by abackupgenerator.
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The men who operated the station lived within a grounded metal shell under which were living quarters for engineers, workshops, electrical units that supplied tube voltages, and thebackupgenerator.
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However, it continued to cover the severe weather event with abackupgeneratoronly able to power a few lights, computers, and camera set up in the weather center.
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Correspondingly, 100% of the manufacturing firms studied by the second author had private backup generators.
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Example, in a nursing home a fire alarm system keeps having problems with their power supply and at times deprogramming the panel every time thebackupgeneratorcame on.
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Backup generators were then used to ensure the facility maintained electrical power for cooling.
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However, the tsunami disabled all diesel backup generators which operated the emergency cooling systems and pumps.
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Electricity is generally reliable, although many businesses have their own backup generators.
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