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Santa Fe ISD reports generator transfer failure and aging roofs; repairs planned
Summary
District facilities staff reported a failed automatic transfer switch during a recent power outage at the high school and outlined multiple aging roofing systems across the district that will need replacement or repair.
Santa Fe Independent School District facilities staff told the board on Sept. 15 that the district experienced a temporary power outage at the high school caused by a CenterPoint Energy pole failure and that one of the school’s automatic transfer switches did not engage as designed.
The district’s facilities representative, identified in the meeting as Mr. Wheeler, said the building’s generator did start and one 3,000-amp automatic transfer switch engaged, but the 4,000-amp automatic transfer switch did not transfer load. Staff manually flipped the switch and utility power was restored to the building within about 25 minutes. Wheeler said the district has…
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