Hello there everyone!
One of my school's electric raceways has been severely damaged by an inexperienced student. It appears that they were raising the pipe and didn't check for obstructions, because there is a massive (~8" deep) dent near one of the ends. I haven't seen it happen myself, but some people have claimed that it arcs intermittantly. I've shut off all the breakers for the circuits near the end, but I can't take the whole thing out at the moment to do electrical testing. As soon as the demand is gone, I'll bring it down and take the cover off to see how bad it really is. In the meantime, I'd like to hear your opinions.
I think I may be able to fix it by straightening out the sheet metal and adding some reinforcement. Of course I'd check all circuits (50-something) to make sure there are no opens or shorts.
I was also looking into a new one, but I can't find any reference to their cost so that I can write up an estimate for the district. I was specifically looking at Leviton's offerings. The PDFs they have on their website are great- the connector strips look to be really well made and totally customizable. For reference, we'd be ordering one somewhere between 40 and 50 feet long with around 50 circuits. Do any of you fine knowledgeable people have an idea of what a new one would cost? I know they can't be cheap. Here's a link: http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=26382&minisite=10023
TIA,
Peter
Boulder High School
One of my school's electric raceways has been severely damaged by an inexperienced student. It appears that they were raising the pipe and didn't check for obstructions, because there is a massive (~8" deep) dent near one of the ends. I haven't seen it happen myself, but some people have claimed that it arcs intermittantly. I've shut off all the breakers for the circuits near the end, but I can't take the whole thing out at the moment to do electrical testing. As soon as the demand is gone, I'll bring it down and take the cover off to see how bad it really is. In the meantime, I'd like to hear your opinions.
I think I may be able to fix it by straightening out the sheet metal and adding some reinforcement. Of course I'd check all circuits (50-something) to make sure there are no opens or shorts.
I was also looking into a new one, but I can't find any reference to their cost so that I can write up an estimate for the district. I was specifically looking at Leviton's offerings. The PDFs they have on their website are great- the connector strips look to be really well made and totally customizable. For reference, we'd be ordering one somewhere between 40 and 50 feet long with around 50 circuits. Do any of you fine knowledgeable people have an idea of what a new one would cost? I know they can't be cheap. Here's a link: http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=26382&minisite=10023
TIA,
Peter
Boulder High School
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