Scheduled Power Outage in 122: Friday, May 30th

According to Management, 122's building electricity will be taken off-line this Friday, May 30th at 10am to "remedy the cause of the previous episodes of blown fuses ... [as] identified by a licensed electrician [who] will resolve the issue by upgrading the fuse panel to a circuit breaker panel."

There is a sign posted by the lobby elevators which says that the outage may last about 2 hours, but the previous outage was under 15 minutes. I'll get a more accurate estimate from Management later today.

Power to apartments will not be affected.

Many of the building's systems will be affected, including the following:

• elevators
• lobby/hallway/stairwell lighting
• water pumps
• boiler (heating/hot water)
• laundry facilities
• electromagnetic door locks (swiper entry) on external doors

Since the outage will be for such a short time, residents should not notice any difference in heating and hot water.

The lobby and hallways will be dark; stairwells will be unlocked and lit with emergency lighting.

The keycard swipers will be offline, and all three entrances will remain unlocked. Additional staff will be available to maintain security.

Elevators will be brought to the lobby approximately 10 minutes prior to the outage, where they will remain until power is restored.

Residents will be asked not to begin washing/drying any laundry after 8am so the laundry room may be closed at 9:30am. The laundry room will be reopened approximately an hour after the outage.

Thursday's Scheduled Power Outage in 122: What You Need to Know

Per yesterday's post, at 10am Thursday, March 6th, 122's building electricity will be taken off-line for approximately five minutes so that old fuses can be replaced.

Power to apartments will not be affected.

Many of the bulding's systems will be affected, including the following:

• elevators
• lobby/hallway/stairwell lighting
• water pumps
• boiler (heating/hot water)
• laundry facilities
• electromagnetic door locks (swiper entry) on external doors

Since the outage will be for such a short time, residents should not notice any difference in heating and hot water.

The lobby and hallways will be dark; stairwells will be unlocked and lit with emergency lighting.

The keycard swipers will be offline, and all three entrances will remain unlocked. Additional staff will be available to maintain security.

Elevators will be brought to the lobby approximately 10 minutes prior to the outage, where they will remain until power is restored.

Residents will be asked not to begin washing/drying any laundry after 8am so the laundry room may be closed at 9:30am. The laundry room will be reopened approximately an hour after the outage.

Power Outage in 122 on Friday 2/29/08 and Ramp Entrance

At approximately 8pm on Friday, February 29th, the lobby, elevators and certain hallways were without power due to a blown fuse. The outage lasted approximately 25 minutes.

Power to apartments was not affected.

This is similar to the outage during the weekend of February 9th.

On the 9th, at least one resident was stuck in a elevator for about 10 minutes and Management acted quickly to restore power.

When the elevator cabs are upgraded later this year, an intercom will be added so that passengers can contact security.

After the first outage, Management ordered a fresh supply of fuses, which have not yet been installed.

This Thursday, they will interrupt the building's power for about five minutes at 10am to install the fuses. Once again, this will only affect power to the lobby, hallways, stairwells, elevators, water pumps and laundry facilities.

Power to apartments will not be affected.

And speaking of installation, the swipe card readers to the ramp entrances of 122 and 191 are up and running.

I had tested my card about two weeks ago and found it was working then, but I believe Management was still testing and didn't want to make an official announcement until now.