What Goes Wrong When Camps Buy “Cheap Used”
- Undocumented hours and missing major-overhaul history.
- 50/60 Hz mismatches discovered after transformers are ordered.
- Altitude and ambient derates ignored until summer peak.
- No load-bank evidence; first real load is the camp itself.
- Fuel farm too small for rainy-season trucking risk.
- No O&M plan — fly-in technicians become a permanent tax.
Duty Profiles for Camp and Early Mine Power
Early works often need continuous diesel for camp plus temporary plant power. Later, crushers and mills demand step-load capability and possibly HFO or gas for baseload economics. Dual-fuel and gas pathways should be studied early even if phase one is pure diesel — see dual-fuel generators, HFO generators, and natural gas turbines.
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