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Guide to Services - E Section
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Contents:
E
Electrical Outages
Elevators
Service Guide Index
A B C
D E F
G H I J K L
M N O P Q R S
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| Electrical Outages |
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In
complying with State and federal safety regulations, our
employees who work on electrical circuits must do more
than simply switch off the affected circuit breaker when
replacing a defective light switch or wall receptacle.�
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
has issued a lockout/tagout (LOTO) standard requiring
padlocks, tags and other devices to be placed on any circuit
breaker once the current has been switched off so that
another person couldn't unknowingly re-energize the circuit
breaker while the mechanic is working.
LOTO devices will be used on individual circuit breakers
for all routine work, whenever a circuit breaker must
be switched off, such as replacing switches, receptacles,
exhaust fans, direct-wired garbage disposals, light fixtures,
exit signs, et al. |
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Multiple Room
Outages
All of our unrenovated buildings have circuit breakers
that control the power to portions of more than one bedroom.�
To work on a defective receptacle in one room often means
the power will need to be interrupted to outlets in two
or three other rooms.� We will attempt to notify the residents
of the affected rooms by knocking on room doors before
killing the power to any outlet; that may not always be
possible.� We regret the inconvenience caused by our building's
wiring plan when power needs to be disrupted in bedrooms
other than the one we are working in. |
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Floor-wide Outages |
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Somewhere,
at least once each academic year, a circuit breaker
in a circuit breaker panel is found to be defective
and must be replaced.� In this instance, the power
to the entire circuit breaker panel must be turned
off to allow the mechanic to remove the defective
breaker and install a new breaker.� While the procedure
only takes a few minutes, it will require that all
resident rooms on that end of the floor served by
the breaker panel will lose electricity.
If a breaker must be replaced that day, our staff
will do what is reasonable to notify all residents
on the floor before the power is interrupted.� If
a breaker must be switched off immediately, no advance
warning is likely.� When a mechanic can determine
they can return at a future time or date, the following
sign will be placed on the affected floor announcing
the scheduled outage. |
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Realistically, since
the majority of in-room power outages are caused by utility
disruptions not associated with a mechanic working on
a circuit breaker panel, residents will rarely see these
signs used for advance notice of scheduled electrical
work.
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| Elevators |
Our elevators are mechanically
sound, meet or exceed applicable codes, but need to stand
up to intense usage daily.� At the present time, we are
fortunate that we have an extremely responsive elevator
maintenance contractor.
When an elevator breaks down or stops between floors,
people inside the car can use the phone in the elevator
panel to directly connect to our x4-WORK
staff.� Facilities Management or elevator contractor staff
will be dispatched to let the people out.
In 1996, we completed the final phase of a four year $3,000,000
renovation of all elevators.� All new controls and car
dispatching systems were installed, along with push buttons
and indicator lights, new car interiors, and other features
that improve the operation of each building's original
equipment.� All North Campus elevators now have a monitor
in the lobby showing the exact location and direction
of travel for each elevator in the building.
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