Michael Hayes wrote: 

>Dear Campus Customer, 
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>This bulletin from Physical Plant-Campus Services (PP-CS) contains 
>useful information for building/department coordinators and others who 
>frequently use PP-CS services. 
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>At 2:32 this afternoon (March 12th), a fault occurred in the Hill Area 
>Substation, causing a brief nine minute power outage in approximately 
>65 buildings located on the Eastern side of campus from Etcheverry 
>Hall on Hearst Avenue in the North to the Unit 2 Residence Halls on 
>Dwight Way in the South. An initial inspection of the substation did 
>not reveal the exact cause of the outage, which indicates that it is 
>more likely the result of a problem with the wiring or some less than 
>obvious equipment malfunction. PP-CS is extremely aware of the 
>difficulties that can result from a power failure on campus, even one 
>less than ten minutes long. In an effort to prevent such future 
>failures, a series of diagnostic tests will applied to the substation 
>in an effort to determine the exact cause of the problem. 
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>This Info-Gram is provided by Physical Plant-Campus Services. 
>We welcome your comments and suggestions. 
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>If you have questions, or would like to subscribe or unsubscribe to 
>this mailing, please contact: 
>Jennifer Lipscomb 
>Communications Specialist 
>Physical Plant - Campus Services 
>2000 Carleton Street (mail code #1384) 
>voice: (510) 643-7406 
>fax: (510) 643-7264 
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