----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:33 PM Subject: RE: Power outage!
What I know from having worked in phone company buildings and having built a couple of them plus a few co-location facilities isnt all that much, but there are some things that are common to all the locations I have worked at. > > I understand that, but does the telex have full UPS, probably generator > based? How big of an outage would there be before you couldn't send anything? Usually there is a generator and an UPS, but there is also a battery room where power for the ringers is generated. The batteries usually are cylindrical clear plastic or glass with about 30 or 40 gallons of volume and have electrodes suspended in them. Just like in science class. There is a fairly potent acid within. I think the industry is moving to solid encased batteries these days. They take up less room, need less maintainance, and can be changed easier. Most Telephone Exchange Buildings use Utility Grade generators and can run indefinately as long as fuel can still be delivered. (We ran the hospital I'm working at like this for a while after the flood caused by tropical storm Allison) > > Wondering if this is the same around the country: I can think of 4 local > telex buildings I know, they are completely windowless, not even mail > slots. Is it that way everywhere? Why? > Telephone Exchange Buildings are built to a code that ensures survivability in most natural and man made disasters. If the nukes start falling the basement of your local telephone exchange is likely to be one of the safest places you can be. xponent Telephone Man Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
