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Guidelines for Handling Water-Damaged Electrical Equipment
 

 
Subject - Guidelines for Handling Water-Damaged Electrical Equipment

June 1, 2006  

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Guidelines for Handling Water-Damaged Electrical Equipment

 

It’s the first day of hurricane season in the Atlantic and time to start getting prepared if you’re living in hurricane territory. The following is a link to a helpful publication that provides guidelines on how to handle electrical equipment that has been exposed to water through flooding, fire fighting activities, hurricanes, etc. Electrical equipment exposed to water can be extremely dangerous if reenergized without proper reconditioning or replacement. This is important information for everyone to know – including suppliers, installers, inspectors, and even just users of electrical products.

 

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  • It has been my experience involving submersible electric pumps (low voltage class), that intrusion by water represents a costly repair. I imagine restoration cost of medium and high voltage equipment would in most cases exceed replacement cost. As the low voltage molded case circuit breakers I have worked with are assembled with rivets, I wonder how they could be repaired.

    Mark
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