CSA 282-15 Guidelines for Generator Maintenance

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CSA C282 - What is This?

Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has developed the safety guidelines for your Emergency electrical power supply for buildings (backup generator). The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standards are developed through a consensus standards development process approved by the Standards Council of Canada. This process brings together volunteers representing varied viewpoints and interests to achieve consensus and develop a standard. The most current release of this code is March 2015.

This Standard applies to the design, installation, operation, maintenance, and testing of emergency generators and associated equipment for providing an emergency power supply to electrical loads

(a) in buildings and facilities when the normal power supply fails and an emergency electrical power supply is required by the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC); and
(b) of essential electrical systems, where emergency generators are intended for use in health care facilities (HCFs) in accordance with Clause 6 of CSA Z32.

To make it easier we've created a page for each section of the testing standards. Please click on the testing requirements you would like to review.

• Weekly (Table 2)
• Monthly (Table 3)
• Semi-Annual (Table 4)
• Annual (Table 5)
• Quinquennial - 5 Year (Table 6)