power strip for a university

[Roger Wheelock]

Hi Conrad,

I believe it's a case of "rules are rules".  Here in the factory OSHA
requires a grounded plug for a fan.  Move it through a door into the office
area and a 2 two prong plug is okay.

The challenge is the fire marshall will not talk to me about the situation
and just wants it fixed.

Roger

----- Original Message -----
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: power strip for a university


> At 11:51 2/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hello list,
> >
> >I have a music department who is "under attack" from the school's fire
> >department related to our product in a number of pianos.  The bottom line
> >is that the fire marshal has requested that multiple dehumidifiers
connect
> >to the Humidistat via a "power strip", rather than a series of
> >Add-An-Outlets or a three way adaptor.  I thought this would be easy but
> >my search and that of our purchasing agent have only turned up power
> >strips with a grounded plug.  Our Humidistat won't accept the ground
> >pin.  Has anyone ran into this before and found a solution?  Any help
> >would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Roger
>
>
>
> What is their beef, anyway?  Surely 150 watts of three bars isn't
straining
> the UL ratings of humidistat or plug cube.
>
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician
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