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Lee County maintenance: ComEd recommends larger transformer; building may need multi-hour shutdown
Summary
Maintenance staff reported that ComEd is recommending a larger transformer for the new court facilities after load testing, which could delay work into spring and require a planned multi-hour building shutdown with generator contingencies to protect health-department refrigeration.
Maintenance staff told the board that ComEd is recommending a larger transformer for the county’s new court facilities after recent load testing, a change that shifts the next steps to the utility and could delay installation until after winter.
Eric, a maintenance department representative, said ComEd’s recommendation would effectively double the transformer capacity (from roughly 250 kVA to about 500 kVA) and that “the ball is in ComEd’s lap” as…
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