Re: Is there a answer for this?

VWilliamson@glazers.com writes:

> You can try to
>  educate people until you are blue in the face, but everytime you have
>  turnover and the new night warehouse manager shuts it down, you have it all
>  over again.

There are power panels for factory that get flipped when crew leaves at end 
of shift when less people will be there the next shift.  Thanks to 
pervasiveness of computers,  and various duties trying to get work completed 
for each day, we have salaried people in offices attached to the factory area 
trying to wrap up the last of the day's transactions when the factory folks 
are flipping off all the switches.

Now the wiring is such that years ago, before computers in every office, 
these salaried offices off of the main factory got wiring so they can have 
lights when the rest of the factory has gone dark, or have people go out to 
supper & return in the evening for a couple hours to get caught up, and the 
switch panels are labeled to hopefully communicate with people which should 
not be flipped because of the side offices they supply what to.

I have asked that computer network power not be off the same main panels as 
general factory building & for the historical equipment that is the way it 
is, but as new people get computers, there is the high chance that they get 
plugged into the same power panels as the rest of the structure.  I have had 
concerns about surges when an entire factory does down or up, but correlating 
400 error messages with timing of shift changes has identified & resolved any 
such risks.

I am basically suggesting that you correlate where the power panels are for 
your facility that are involved with regular factory electrical support & for 
computer operations supporting the factory, and make sure they are labeled so 
as to minimize accidents, and also have the UPS placement so that if there is 
an accident thanks to new personnel not told all the nuances, the 400 & any 
other critical equipment goes down gracefully, just as it should if there is 
an external power supply disruption.

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
AS/400 Data Manager & Programmer for BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 mixed mode (twinax 
interactive & batch) @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of 
Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical 
sub-assemblies - fax # 812-424-6838

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