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Hi all,
Apologies it's been a while since I was last here, hope you are all well.
One of my summer jobs is to move a computer room, and it's going to require an additional 3 circuits to power the computers. The board nearest this room has an old 3-phase memshield 1 board that is at capacity.
The way I see it is I have 2 options - install a whole new board for all circuits from this location, or install an additional board alongside this older board. I don't want to do the first option for a couple of reasons - first, it's more work (and I'm stowed off), and second, the school is putting in for funding for a site-wide rewire (so spending money without warrant outside of that funding pledge would be unwise).
So, what's the best way to go about this? The MEM1 board is fed in armour. Is it best to pull the armour back and split it in an adaptable (or some such like) before taking a feed back to the old board and then new board (so like a Y formation). Or would it be better to take the new board's feed from the MEM1 incoming terminals? I can see the pros and cons of both methods, but thought I'd weigh in on things before acting.
Thanks,
Apologies it's been a while since I was last here, hope you are all well.
One of my summer jobs is to move a computer room, and it's going to require an additional 3 circuits to power the computers. The board nearest this room has an old 3-phase memshield 1 board that is at capacity.
The way I see it is I have 2 options - install a whole new board for all circuits from this location, or install an additional board alongside this older board. I don't want to do the first option for a couple of reasons - first, it's more work (and I'm stowed off), and second, the school is putting in for funding for a site-wide rewire (so spending money without warrant outside of that funding pledge would be unwise).
So, what's the best way to go about this? The MEM1 board is fed in armour. Is it best to pull the armour back and split it in an adaptable (or some such like) before taking a feed back to the old board and then new board (so like a Y formation). Or would it be better to take the new board's feed from the MEM1 incoming terminals? I can see the pros and cons of both methods, but thought I'd weigh in on things before acting.
Thanks,