| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/5/2005 2:41 AM | remove |
Probably deliberate in case the power was knocked out you can still see the door during the day to get out. Night time? Well...
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| Posted by lost |
5/5/2005 8:31 AM | remove |
That makes sense, but would they have thought about these things in the 1890s?
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/6/2005 1:03 AM | remove |
Most likely. If the building was wired back then for electricity, the source was unreliable so natural light made a great backup. I was touring the Elgin and Winter Garden theatres complex a few years back and the tour guide told us that Canadian theatres back then had to have gas lights for backup in case the power failed. If I remember correctly, that requirement was dropped during the mid 1910s.
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| Posted by lost |
5/6/2005 9:48 AM | remove |
In modern industrial workplaces I've been in there's no back-up (natural or otherwise), so much for progress.
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
5/6/2005 3:30 PM | remove |
There should be.
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/7/2005 1:43 AM | remove |
A lot of the newer industrial buildings look like cold boxes. No character. :(
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| Posted by IIVQ |
5/7/2005 11:06 AM | remove |
note the fence immediately in front of the door. And modern backup is called "battery".
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| Posted by lost |
5/7/2005 2:01 PM | remove |
What if the connections from the battery are damaged? No back-up then.
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/7/2005 6:06 PM | remove |
And when the battery is drained? Again, no back up.
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
5/7/2005 10:58 PM | remove |
The battery is maintained by the power - and hence when it fails the lights come on.
Further, they are a sealed and self contained unit.. Hence connection problems are infrequent.
In fact... Above the door here is an Aux. light of the type I mean.
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/8/2005 12:56 AM | remove |
So there is. And yes, the battery is indeed maintained by the main power until it is needed. However, I was working in a seniors apartment building years ago when the auxiliary lights failed 2 minutes after the main power quit. The aux lights were all independant units. I spent 30 minutes escorting people out with the flashlight since the hallways and stairwells were pitch black.
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
5/8/2005 2:05 AM | remove |
They need serviced / repaired... The NIcds fail like any other battery after a time.
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/8/2005 1:58 PM | remove |
That they did! Found out later that their last servicing was about 5 years prior to this when the building was brand new. And yes, some heads rolled at that one!
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
5/8/2005 4:53 PM | remove |
In the UK, they're supposed to last for 2 hours in the event of a power failure. I have a couple at home that I liberated when the fire alarm system was upgraded at work.
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| Posted by BlueShiva |
9/6/2005 10:13 AM | remove |
Come on guys, it's a nice moody photo!!!
Luv it!
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
9/7/2005 1:06 AM | remove |
But BlueShiva, that's how we express our luv for the photos. By picking 'em apart! ;-)
And yeah, I do luv this photo!
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