RPTR'S FACILITY IS LOCATED ON A MIL BASE WHICH EXPERIENCED 4 PWR FLUCTUATIONS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. INITIALLY RPTR WAS UNABLE TO START THE STANDBY ENG GENERATOR. RPTR SAYS SVC IS UNRELIABLE AND FACILITY NEEDS PROTECTION OF AN UNINTERRUPTED PWR SOURCE.

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WE EXPERIENCED 4 PWR FLUCTUATIONS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AT SHV RAPCON. I WENT TO TURN ON THE ENG GENERATOR AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE; BUT COULDN'T GET IT TURNED ON. OUR MAINT PEOPLE FINALLY GOT THE ENG GENERATOR TURNED ON. SHV RAPCON IS LOCATED ON BARKSDALE AFB. PWR OUTAGES AND INTERRUPTIONS LIKE THIS ARE ROUTINE; AND THEY ARE TAKING A TERRIBLE TOLL ON THE EQUIP. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PWR COMES ONTO THE BASE FROM THE LCL PWR COMPANY; THEN GOES TO A SUBSTATION ON THE BASE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AN EXPANSION OF ELECTRICAL USE BY THE BASE IS NOT BEING MET WITH AN EXPANSION OF THE PWR GRID ON BARKSDALE. THE SVC IS UNRELIABLE. THE ANSWER WOULD BE TO MOVE THE APCH CTL OVER TO THE REGIONAL ARPT WHERE THE CTL TWR IS LOCATED; 12 MI TO THE W. IN THE MEANTIME; THE RAPCON NEEDS THE PROTECTION OF AN UNINTERRUPTED PWR SOURCE FOR THE ASR-9 AND THE MODE S BEACON. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE GENERATOR HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY FIXED BY MAINT AND ALLEGED THAT IT IS IN NEED OF A MAJOR OVERHAUL OR WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED.