Fulthrotl
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i have a client who wants an emergency power strategy.
normally, when things go poo, a backup genset is delivered,
the 2000 amp 480 main is opened and locked out, cam locks
are drug out in parallell across the production floor,
and it's temped in.
what i'm looking at doing is making something a little more
organized, and i'm looking to see if anyone would fault this:
parameters:
main distribution room has nothing other than the metering
gear and main circuit breaker inside. room is uniquely keyed,
and access is limited to qualified personnel only. key control in
place.
what i want to do is come off the load side of the main with
conductors in parallell suitable for the load, going to a cabinet
with cam locks, contained within this room, so access control
is maintained.
the bottom of this cabinet will have holes cored thru a concrete
wall, to another locked cabinet on the outside of the building.
scenario is, power goes out, cat power gets called, the main is
opened and locked out, the camlock cabinet and the outer cabinet
are opened, cam locks are plugged in and ran to the genset in the
parking lot, and we are off and running.
as all of the equipment involved has access control, and the only
thing that is being done is bringing leads off the load side of the
main, is this code compliant?
is there a better solution anyone has implemented?
thanks for any feedback....
randy
normally, when things go poo, a backup genset is delivered,
the 2000 amp 480 main is opened and locked out, cam locks
are drug out in parallell across the production floor,
and it's temped in.
what i'm looking at doing is making something a little more
organized, and i'm looking to see if anyone would fault this:
parameters:
main distribution room has nothing other than the metering
gear and main circuit breaker inside. room is uniquely keyed,
and access is limited to qualified personnel only. key control in
place.
what i want to do is come off the load side of the main with
conductors in parallell suitable for the load, going to a cabinet
with cam locks, contained within this room, so access control
is maintained.
the bottom of this cabinet will have holes cored thru a concrete
wall, to another locked cabinet on the outside of the building.
scenario is, power goes out, cat power gets called, the main is
opened and locked out, the camlock cabinet and the outer cabinet
are opened, cam locks are plugged in and ran to the genset in the
parking lot, and we are off and running.
as all of the equipment involved has access control, and the only
thing that is being done is bringing leads off the load side of the
main, is this code compliant?
is there a better solution anyone has implemented?
thanks for any feedback....
randy