Justin, The National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, does not allow foreign equipment to be installed in elevator machine rooms. I realize that this rule is violated routinely, but your building manager has the law on his side. Here is what Article 620.37(A) of the NEC says:
"620.37 Wiring in Hoistways, Machine Rooms, Control Rooms, Machinery Spaces, and Control Spaces. (A) Uses Permitted. Only such electric wiring, raceways, and cables used directly in connection with the elevator or dumbwaiter, including wiring for signals, for communication with the car, for lighting, heating, air conditioning, and ventilating the elevator car, for fire detecting systems, for pit sump pumps, and for heating, lighting, and ventilating the hoistway, shall be permitted inside the hoistway, machine rooms, control rooms, machinery spaces, and control spaces." 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin W. Pauler Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:39 PM To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Co-Locating in an Elevator Room Hello Everyone... I got some news today regarding my repeater and I'm a little concerned... I think I'm getting the shaft on this deal. I signed a lease with a building to place an antenna on the roof and a repeater and cabinet inside of the elevator room for a said amount of money. About 6 months ago I completed the install and everything has been kosher since. Today I got a call from the Security manager asking me to meet up with him and the elevator maintenance man regarding a problem with my equipment. This meeting was very simple, I was asked to remove my equipment from the elevator room, not because it is causing problems, but because it has the potential to cause problems. I was told the following things: 440 Mhz is "too high" of a frequency to be in an elevator room NFPA and the "elevator code" says that nothing can be stored inside of an elevator room other than equipment directly relating to the operation of the elevator system Even if the unit is "just receiving", it is still building up "frequency" on the walls of the room that will cause "bad things" to happen "eventually". While normally I would tell this fine maintenance man which door he could use on his way out, he is pulling rank and telling me that if the unit stays in the room longer than 1 month, his company will no longer be able to honor it's service contract with the building. So.... Sounds like I'm up a creek.... The fact still remains though, I've never heard of NFPA specifying anything about elevator rooms and I've never heard of an "elevator code" (but that's not saying it isn't out there). I've also been in plenty of other elevator rooms in which radio frequency equipment was housed and transmitting sometimes in excess of 10 times my power with no issues... Why is this becoming an issue with me? Any suggestions? Anyone know of a good "waterproof" cabinet that can go outside? Is that a good idea? Help. Justin -- Justin W. Pauler Baton Rouge, LA Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
