RE: Power Monitor

["Michael Graziano" <mgraziano@austin.rr.com>]

Do we know what caused the surge?  Is there anything beyond the SOE surge
protector that we can employ to prevent this from happening again?  Isn't
this what the surge protector is supposed to protect against?  It doesn't
seem to have worked.

-----Original Message-----
From: ttat-members-owner@aoot.com [mailto:ttat-members-owner@aoot.com] On
Behalf Of Ira Schneider
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 12:49 PM
To: TTAT Members
Subject: Power Monitor

Hi,

The Power Monitor was damaged when the Scott's Odds-N-Ends surge protector
burned out two weeks ago.

Right now, the red/green LEDs which indicate the status of the circuit
breakers
on tracks 1 and 2 are inoperative.  The circuit breakers themselves work,
but
there is no indication that they are tripped.  If you lose power on tracks 1
or 2,
first press the circuit breaker on the Power Monitor (as if the LED was
red).
If that doesn't work, you will have to reset the circuit breaker on the
transformers
and/or the TPC.

The ammeter for track 2 is not functioning properly, so I disconnected it.
You
can still read the track voltage, but not the current being drawn.  The
other
volt meters and ammeters appear to be working properly.

I will replace the LEDs before the SAMRA show (in two weeks).  It will take
longer for me to acquire a replacement ammeter.  Hopefully, I will be able
to
replace the meter before the show following SAMRA.

I am sorry for the inconvenience.



Ira



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