power strip for a university

Jeff Tanner jtanner@mozart.sc.edu
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:37:45 -0500


Who showed it to him in the first place?
Jeff

On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 02:34 PM, Roger Wheelock wrote:

> 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
>> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
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>>
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>> is
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