Section 645.5(B)(2) covers the type of cords that are permitted for IT equipment and the terms “hard usage” and “portable power cable” are not used in this section. This subsection does require IT power cords to be listed and of a type permitted for use on listed information technology equipment.
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When one of the nation’s leading technical institutes sets out to design a new center for computer, information and intelligence sciences, top-quality electrical power was high on the list of must-have features. Why? Because all of the sensitive electronic equipment in the center would need clean, stable power, or the equipment simply would not work [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Educational facilities now demand a new set of standards for the electrical designer. Colleges, technical schools and even new high schools now require a complex system of networking throughout the classrooms, offices, libraries and administration offices. Higher educational facilities offer classes over the internet or through teleconferencing with outreach campuses. Post 9/11 security issues also [...]
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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. It is expected that about 1.4 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2007, according to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts and Figures 2007.1 Due to advances in medical technology, however, trends in five-year relative survival have improved greatly [...]
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The world’s population, although greater than ever, is also more connected than ever. We are linked by satellite, Internet, fiber optic cables, and high tech communication cords. We transmit data and power in fractions of seconds, often not giving a moment’s thought about the sophisticated technologies that allow these transmissions to take place. Many of [...]
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The National Electrical Code (NEC), ANSI/NFPA 70 considers information technology equipment (ITE) installed in ITE rooms—more commonly called computer rooms—as special equipment. As described in Section 90-3, chapters 1 through 4 serve as the base requirements for special equipment except as further amended by chapters 5 through 7. For computer rooms and the ITE located [...]
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Computer Rooms In the 1996 National Electrical Code the title of Article 645 was changed from Computer/Data Processing Equipment to Information Technology Equipment (ITE). This change reflects the fact that computer rooms are more than just for housing computers. In many cases they are the heartbeat of organizations. They serve multiple functions such as data [...]
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