On Monday, December 15, 2014 5:50:13 AM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 04:20:11 -0600, wrote:

In my area, all commercial buildings must have an exterior MAIN breaker,
and it can not be locked. This is so the fire department can shot off
the power quickly if there is a fire or other disaster.

Isn't there something that can be done? Why cant the Fire Dept install
their own lock, and give the owner a key? I decided to post this, to
see if other communities have any sort of solution.

Thee is no reason that it cannot be locked and the fire department not
have a universal key. It is done in our town for many businesses for
building access. The problem is you have morons making the rules.



+1

That's the problem. No locks around here and the FD doesn't have
any problems. If they need to cut power, they just cut the small seal
on the meter and pull it. IDK what special provisions they may have
for big businesses, but for residential, small business, that's all
they do.

Time for the folks affected in town to make this an issue and get
someone with some sense to address it. It trivial for FD to cut
through a small padlock with bolt cutters. And even that would
stop the casual drunk, mischief makers, etc. It's really, really
dumb that something like that isn't allowed.



I suggested the bar put a security camera above the breaker, with a
Battery backup on the camera. The owner liked the idea, but said that
would cost money to install, and someone would probably break the
camera.

Along with an emergency light that goes on to help light the box so
the camera can get a good shot of the perp.

Probably don't even need battery backup, thought that would give
coverage after the interruption. But just one run off AC would
give coverage right up to the disconnect. Even a realistic fake
cam would probably discourage most.