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- DesMoines, Washington
I'm trying to write a procedure for a schedule Electrical Outage. The Outage is necessary because wish to move a Circuit from the Main Essential Panel to the Main Critical Panel.
The Outage will affect a building containing a lot of Electronics Equipment.
This is a planned removal and restoration of power at the Main Breakers of both Panels, so I don't thing Surges or Spikes are an issue.
I'm not that experienced in this and this is all I can think of:
1 All electronics equipment not on UPS should be shut down prior to shutdown of Panel ELPA. Restoration of power may result in loads drawing high startup currents initially cause fluctuations in voltage.
2 All computers should be shut down through their Operating Systems to prevent software corruption.
I really can't think of much else. Please don't laugh, but I'm assuming this isn't such a big deal, or is it? Can sensitive Electronics equipment be damaged by removal of Power at the Outlet vs removal of Power by the On/Off Switch?
Thank you in advance.
The Outage will affect a building containing a lot of Electronics Equipment.
This is a planned removal and restoration of power at the Main Breakers of both Panels, so I don't thing Surges or Spikes are an issue.
I'm not that experienced in this and this is all I can think of:
1 All electronics equipment not on UPS should be shut down prior to shutdown of Panel ELPA. Restoration of power may result in loads drawing high startup currents initially cause fluctuations in voltage.
2 All computers should be shut down through their Operating Systems to prevent software corruption.
I really can't think of much else. Please don't laugh, but I'm assuming this isn't such a big deal, or is it? Can sensitive Electronics equipment be damaged by removal of Power at the Outlet vs removal of Power by the On/Off Switch?
Thank you in advance.