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In Atlanta, an electrical problem in a "Buss Duct" has caused the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center to be closed for at least a week. 5,000 federal employees work at the center.
While many might view this as another example of The Infrastructure Crisis in the USA, it may also be another example of mismanagement at the General Service Administration (GSA), landlord for the complex.
The GSA has had many scandals and has been the subject of several Congressional Hearings, including an August 1, 2012 hearing titled "GSA: A Review of Agency Mismanagement and Wasteful Spending - Part 2". That hearing followed an $823,000 GSA employee conference in Las Vegas and a one-day-long $250,000 GSA employee conference in Crystal City, Virginia.
The closed Atlanta complex is named for Samuel Augustus "Sam" Nunn, Jr., who served for 24 years as a United States Senator from Georgia and whose daughter is the current Democratic Party nominee for a Georgia Senate seat.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday July 29 2014, @11:52AM
"Bus is HIGHLY reliable."
But when you do manage to break it, its an unholy nightmare to track. Shorts are actually pretty convenient because you can see the damage, the problem is finding opens.
Its like ripping out and reinstalling HVAC ducts to find a lost kitten. Its about that much work.
I've never worked in a CO or data center using this tech but everyone likes to talk about it. Obviously 48VDC conductors are a bit larger than 440-3ph conductors for the same power level. I mostly worked in small long distance facilities (like less than an acre) so its possible this stuff is all over local loop serving centers (the building your home phone is probably hooked up to unless there's a SLC hut but I digress)
(Score: 2) by mrider on Tuesday July 29 2014, @01:29PM
Yeah. Finding intermittent opens are even more fun, because they can be at any joint. But that's pretty uncommon.
Doctor: "Do you hear voices?"
Me: "Only when my bluetooth is charged."