Electrical Room Design: Factors to Consider & What Can Go Wrong
When beginning to lay plans for electrical room designs, there are many factors to consider. It’s also important to think about what can go wrong in order to prevent these issues from occurring.
Some examples of what can go wrong with an electrical room include problems arising from purchasing equipment that is larger than anticipated or needed, as well as water leaking onto electrical equipment. Prevention of these issues is as simple as carefully taking into account your facility’s needs in terms of how big of a generator you need, and designing the electrical room accordingly. It’s also vital to prevent water leaks around electrical equipment, as this can be both disastrous for equipment and dangerous for anyone accessing the electrical room.
Guide to Electrical Room Designs
Careful planning of electrical rooms will lead to efficient operations for any facility! Key factors to consider when designing electrical rooms include:
- Room Measurements: Electrical equipment such as generators, switchboards, transformers and UPSs may take up more space than you’d think. Proper placement of equipment while allowing enough space to access each component is an important factor to consider. You’ll also need to make sure there’s enough space for installation of each piece of electrical equipment.
- Maintenance: Generators and other parts of an electrical room require routine maintenance. The layout of an electrical room will need to accommodate enough space between components for personnel to complete regular check-ups and maintenance.
- Heat Dissipation: Generators and other parts of your electrical room may require ventilation or other design elements aimed at heat dissipation.
- Documentation and Monitoring: Keeping proper documentation in designated locations is important so that manuals and other pieces of vital information are easily found when needed. Be sure to designate a location for all essential documents to be kept in to avoid confusion.
- Future Expansion: In terms of thinking about the future, it may be a good idea to think about how the electrical room is equipped to handle expansion. Should your power generation needs greatly increase, you may need to upgrade to a larger generator or even a parallel generator system. Either of these options will require a significant amount of expanded space. When planning for possible expansion, leaving some extra space may make future expansion much easier.
By putting careful thought into electrical room plans, you can ensure operations run as smoothly as possible.
For more information about electrical room design, feel free to contact the experts at Woodstock Power Company via phone or email.
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