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Erik Bjornstad: Oct 20 2026
Fuel filter changes on your fleet trucks used to follow a predictable maintenance schedule. Now some trucks need new filters every few weeks. Two vehicles have already needed injector replacements this year. And the trucks that fuel at the cardlock...
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Erik Bjornstad: Oct 13 2026
If you work for an electric, water, or wastewater utility, an emergency creates a somewhat unusual situation. For a lot of businesses, when the power...
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Erik Bjornstad: Oct 13 2026
The monthly exercise ran clean for 20 minutes. Then the set started hunting under load, the stack went gray-black, and your technician pulled a...
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Erik Bjornstad: Oct 6 2026
The generator passed its monthly exercise three weeks ago. Then the utility dropped, the transfer switch closed, and two hours into the event the...
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Erik Bjornstad: Sep 24 2026
Maintaining today's stored backup fuels is a bigger job than it used to be. One major reason is that fuels themselves have changed. Ultra-low sulfur...
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Erik Bjornstad: Sep 15 2026
Fuel injectors that are clean and functioning properly are one of the most critical elements in getting good performance and fuel economy from a...
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Erik Bjornstad: Sep 8 2026
For fuel storage tanks full of sludge and fuels that are dark and subpar, fuel polishing is often recommended. There are probably a thousand entities...
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Erik Bjornstad: Sep 2 2026
As the years stretch out since ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) became our reality between 2007 and 2010, more and more professionals are learning what...
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Erik Bjornstad: Aug 25 2026
For hospitals and other facilities operating under the CMS adoption of NFPA 99-2012, the referenced edition is NFPA 110-2010. In that edition, the...
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Erik Bjornstad: Aug 19 2026
If multiple generators draw from the same bulk diesel supply—or from separate tanks containing fuel of similar age and condition—fuel contamination...
