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RE: Critical Shutdown in E53 on 5/13/98

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrea Nichols)
Tue May 5 14:42:26 1998

From: Andrea Nichols <andrea@PLANT.MIT.EDU>
To: "'janets@mit.edu'" <janets@MIT.EDU>, "'lhill@mit.edu'" <lhill@MIT.EDU>,
        "'shutdowns@mit.edu'" <shutdowns@MIT.EDU>,
        "'schedule@mit.edu'"
	 <schedule@MIT.EDU>,
        "'rdavies@mit.edu'" <rdavies@MIT.EDU>,
        "'mscoppa@mit.edu'" <mscoppa@MIT.EDU>,
        "'michaela@mit.edu'"
	 <michaela@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 14:39:32 -0400

Clarification of shutdown request --
Dear Everyone:
I spoke with the person who would be performing this work about this
shutdown and what return air means. Please see explanation in "effect".

Andrea Nichols
Operations Center
8-7872 

> ----------
> 	This was sent while I was on vacation last week. I am resending
> it as I noticed there were several people's names missing from the
> original e-mail.
> 
> 	Please let me know if this has your approval or not and thank
> you.
> 
> 	Andrea Nichols
> 	Operations Center
> 	8-7872
> 
> 	> Status: Critical
> 	> Building: E53
> 	> Date: 5/13/98
> 	> Day: Wednesday
> 	> Time: 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
> 	> System: AH1-RF-1 return air
> 	> Duration: 8 hours
> 	> Reason: 
> 	> return fan keeps losing belts- motor needs to be relocated
> 	> 
> 	> Effect: 
> 	> Loss of supply return ventilation. This means that air that
> has been circulating in the atmosphere (offices, corridors, conference
> rooms, etc.) and then drawn up through the Air Handler and returned
> into the atmosphere again will not be doing this. The air will not be
> returned into the atmosphere until the motor has been relocated to
> where the belts will remain on during operation of the Air Handler.
> 
		The air may be slightly warmer. I have been advised that
you probably won't even notice it.

		I hope this clarifies what the impact on the building
would be.

		Andrea Nichols 
> 	> 
> 	> 
> 
> 

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