Energy supplies for milking parlors

Authors

Richard N. Eide
Gale G. Gurtle
Herbert S. Etchegaray
William C. Fairbank

Authors Affiliations

Richard N. Eide is Farm Advisor, Fresno County; Gale G. Gurtle is Farm Advisor, Tulare County; Herbert S. Etcheamy is Farm Advisor, Kings County; William C. Fairbank is Extension Agricultural Engineer, University of California, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 32(7):10-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v032n07p10. July 1978.

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Abstract

A survey of southern San Joaquin Valley dairies, many of which operate 16 to 20 hours a day, shows that few have an adequate standby power system t o carry them through a power outage or fuel interruption of more than a few hours.