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NORTH VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD ASSURED . . .

The 347 volt electric
lighting system at Seycove
School is “not. unsafe and is
in compliance with the
requirements of the
Canadian Electrical Code,”
an electrical engineer
assured North Vancouver
School Board at its regular
meeting last week.

L.P. Gander of D.W.
Thomson Consultants Ltd.,
the firm reponsible for in-
stalling the system, told
trustees that any voltage can
be lethal, given the right
combination of  cir-
cumstances.

“It’s the current that kills,”
he said. “If you had sweaty
palms or one foot in water,
40 volts could be fatal.”

Gander was responding to
concerns put forth by Philip
Ingram at the board's last
mecung, June 10. He said
the dangerous incidents
cited by Ingram resulted
from abuse of switch in-
stallations in unsupervised
areas. He said the use of 120
volt switching (used = in
homes) would not alter the
fact that “if any clectrical

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installation is abused it will
be hazardous.”

Gander explained that
rule 3102 of the Electrical
Code, which refers to in-

dustrial and commercial
buildings, has been  in-
terpreted to mean any
building other than

residences. He said Seycove
was not unique and listed a
number of other schools in
the province and other parts
of Canada where a 347 volt
system is operating.

Board members’ were
presented with
correspondence dating back
to 1977 which showed that
all necessary precautions
and procedures had been
followed, including the
installation of “tamper-
proof screws.

“But tamper-proof screws
are only tamper-proof unul
you want to undo them,”
Gander noted. He was
skeptical Uhat warning signs
over the switches would be
effecauve. “The more you
bnng it to their attention,
the more they'll try to check
i out,” he said.

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