Well my good man.... They are right. We can not even put a phone dialer in
an elevator room even when it does service the elevator the room is for. We
have had to move fire alarm panels and access control panels out of elevator
rooms. Now if you can build a wall to have your equipment in a little room
by it self even if you have to go through the elevator room that will meet
code. (and the wall's I seen have not even been fire rated) Or the other
is to get an outdoor box and just move the repeater to the outside. Been
there and have had to do that also over the years. This has been going on
since about 1981 when we put our first unit in an elevator room and when the
state inspector came out it had to be moved.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin W. Pauler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:39 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Co-Locating in an Elevator Room
> Hello Everyone...
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> I got some news today regarding my repeater and I'm a little
> concerned... I think I'm getting the shaft on this deal.
>
> I signed a lease with a building to place an antenna on the roof and a
> repeater and cabinet inside of the elevator room for a said amount of
> money. About 6 months ago I completed the install and everything has
> been kosher since.
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> Today I got a call from the Security manager asking me to meet up with
> him and the elevator maintenance man regarding a problem with my
> equipment. This meeting was very simple, I was asked to remove my
> equipment from the elevator room, not because it is causing problems,
> but because it has the potential to cause problems.
>
> I was told the following things:
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> 440 Mhz is "too high" of a frequency to be in an elevator room
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> NFPA and the "elevator code" says that nothing can be stored inside
> of an elevator room other than equipment directly relating to the
> operation
> of the elevator system
>
> Even if the unit is "just receiving", it is still building up
> "frequency" on the walls
> of the room that will cause "bad things" to happen "eventually".
>
> While normally I would tell this fine maintenance man which door he
> could use on his way out, he is pulling rank and telling me that if
> the unit stays in the room longer than 1 month, his company will no
> longer be able to honor it's service contract with the building.
> So.... Sounds like I'm up a creek....
>
> The fact still remains though, I've never heard of NFPA specifying
> anything about elevator rooms and I've never heard of an "elevator
> code" (but that's not saying it isn't out there). I've also been in
> plenty of other elevator rooms in which radio frequency equipment was
> housed and transmitting sometimes in excess of 10 times my power with
> no issues... Why is this becoming an issue with me?
>
> Any suggestions? Anyone know of a good "waterproof" cabinet that can
> go outside? Is that a good idea? Help.
>
> Justin
>
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> Justin W. Pauler
> Baton Rouge, LA
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