University of Washington

The University of Washington is one of the nation's leading universities, with prestigious engineering and law departments, a US patent depository, and a world-class teaching hospital. The UW's general medicine program is currently ranked #1 in the United States, as is the nursing program. In the past 25 years seven Huskies have received Nobel prizes, including five for medicine.

In 1992 the University became the first facility in America to install 5 KV Class paralleling switchgear with a UL label. The University chose ASCO Synchropower Switchgear for this trend-setting installation, which serves both the medical center and the upper campus. The original installation included gear to parallel two 2,000 KW, 4,160 volt generator sets with the University's 5 megawatt steam turbine power plant, and/or two separate feeds from Seattle City Light.

In 1998 the University added a third diesel generator set and the existing ASCO gear was modified with a new generator control cubicle. Mostly recently in 2003, two more gen-sets were installed and the ASCO gear was once again upgraded with new 5 kV distribution sections, two new generator control cubicles and updated master controls. Total on-campus generation capability is now 15 megawatts, all controlled and managed by ASCO UL labeled 5 kV switchgear.