Category Archives: Generator Testing

8/2024: Campus Wide Generator Testing  

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Facilities Services will be performing annual load bank testing for the below listed building emergency/ stand-by generators.  Each test will take approximately 3 hours. There may be excessive noise and possible exhaust fume odors associated with testing.  Each generator will be refueled after testing. 

Week of August 5th  

  • Cordley Hall 
  • Kerr Administration Building  
  • Kerr Administration Building Telecom 
  • Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Lab 

Week of August 12th  

  • Salmon Disease Lab #1 
  • Research Way Building 
  • Research Lab #2 
  • Research Lab #3 
  • Research Lab #4 

Week of August 19th 

  • Reser Stadium West 
  • Portable Generator #3 
  • Portable Generator #4 

For questions or comments on this notice contact, Facilities Services at 541-737-2969. 

7/2024: Campus Wide Generator Testing  

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Facilities Services will be performing annual load bank testing for the below listed building emergency/ stand-by generators.  Each test will take approximately 3 hours. There may be excessive noise and possible exhaust fume odors associated with testing.  Each generator will be refueled after testing. 

Week of July 1st 

  • Cascade Hall 
  • Reser Stadium East 
  • Merritt Truax Indoor Center 
  • Magruder Hall Onan 
  • Magruder Hall Generac 

Week of July 8th 

  • Lab Animal Resources Center 
  • Dryden Hall 
  • George W. Peavy Forest Science Center 
  • Richardson Hall 

Week of July 15th 

  • Energy Center 
  • Precision Agriculture Systems Center 
  • RAIL 
  • Austin Hall & Learning Innovation Classroom Building 

Saturday July 20th 

  • Nash Hall & Linus Pauling Science Center 
  • Agricultural & Life Sciences Building 

Week of July 22nd 

  • Hallie E. Ford Center 
  • Milam Hall  
  • Burt Hall 
  • Dearborn Hall 

Week of July 29th 

  • Milne Computer Center 
  • The Valley Library 
  • Pharmacy 
  • Western Shops  

For questions or comments on this notice contact, Facilities Services at 541-737-2969. 

6/2024: Campus Wide Generator Testing  

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Facilities Services will be performing annual load bank testing for the below listed building emergency/ stand-by generators.  Each test will take approximately 3 hours. There may be excessive noise and possible exhaust fume odors associated with testing.  Each generator will be refueled after testing. 

Week of June 3rd  

  • Parking Garage 
  • Gill Coliseum 
  • Magruder MRI Trailer 
  • Radiation Center 

Week of June 10th  

  • Environmental Health & Safety Annex 
  • James E. Oldfield Animal Teaching Facility 
  • Crop Science Building 
  • Strand Agricultural Hall 

Week of June 17th  

  • Vacuum Vault 
  • Goss Stadium 
  • Patricia Valian Reser Center for Creative Arts 
  • Fairbanks Hall 
  • Health Center 

Week of June 24th  

  • Salmon Disease Lab #2 
  • Research Lab #1 
  • Portable Generator #1 
  • Portable Generator #2 
  • Portable Generator #5 

For questions or comments on this notice contact, Facilities Services at 541-737-2969. 

3/12: Cordley Hall generator and switch testing

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As part of the Cordley Hall Renewal project, standby generator testing and transfer switch testing will occur on Tuesday, March  12 from 6 am – 8 am. This work may result in generator noise in the area.


What do Cordley Hall residents need to do to prepare for this testing? Please make sure that all computers, printers, copiers and other electronic devices are turned off prior to Tuesday, March 12. If you have an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well. 

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Jason Lundy at (541) 270-0193

Scheduled: Campus Wide Generator Testing  

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Facilities Services will be performing annual load bank testing for the below listed building emergency/
stand-by generators. Each test will take approximately 3 hours. There may be excessive noise and
possible exhaust fume odors associated with testing. Each generator will be refueled after testing.

Week of August 7th
• Pharmacy Building
• Cordley Hall
• Kerr Administration Building
• Kerr Administration Building Telecom

Week of August 14th
• Western Shops Building
• Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Lab
• Salmon Disease Lab #1
• Research Way Building

Week of August 21st
• Research Lab #2
• Research Lab #3
• Research Lab #4
• Portable Generator #3
• Portable Generator #4


For questions or comments on this notice contact, Facilities Services at 541-737-2969.

8/10/22: Scheduled:  Crop Science Building – Generator Transfer Switch Testing

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Scheduled:  Crop Science Building – Generator Transfer Switch Testing

Effective Date(s): August 10, 2022, 5:30 am – 6:30 am.

To ensure recent repairs to the transfer switch were successful, power to all generator-backed outlets will be briefly interrupted for testing on August 10, 2022. Power interruptions should only occur when the switch is turned on and then turned off a short amount of time later.

For questions or comments on this closure contact Facilities Services at 541-737-2969.

8/10/22: Agricultural & Life Sciences Bldg. – Generator Transfer Switch Testing

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Scheduled:  Agricultural & Life Sciences Bldg. – Generator Transfer Switch Testing

Effective Date(s): August 10, 2022, 6:30 am – 7:30 am.

To ensure recent repairs to the transfer switch were successful, power to all 208 and 120v red emergency outlets will be briefly interrupted for testing on August 10, 2022. Power interruptions should only occur when the switch is turned on and then turned off a short amount of time later.

For questions or comments on this closure contact Facilities Services at 541-737-2969.


8/2022: Campus Wide Generator Testing  

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Facilities Services will be performing annual load bank testing for the below listed building emergency/ stand-by generators.  Each test will take approximately 3 hours. There may be excessive noise and possible exhaust fume odors associated with testing.  Each generator will be refueled after testing. 

Week of August 1st  

  • Milam Hall 
  • Burt Hall 
  • Dearborn Hall 
  • Milne Computer Center 

Week of August 8th  

  • The Valley Library 
  • Pharmacy Building 
  • Kerr Administration Building  
  • Kerr Administration Building Telecom 

Week of August 15th  

  • Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Lab 
  • Salmon Disease Lab #1 
  • Research Way Building 

Week of August 22nd 

  • Portable Generator #3 
  • Portable Generator #4 

For questions or comments on this notice contact, Facilities Services at 541-737-2969. 

Closures are often subject to changes and delays, so please visit the OSU Campus Closures, Shutdowns, and Detours page for updates on this and other campus closures. 

Please forward this notice to anyone who would benefit from this information. 

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Facilities Services 

University Facilities, Infrastructure & Operations 

Oregon State University 

830 SW 35th Street | Corvallis, OR 97331 | 541-737-2969