The Collegian

Issue date: 2/18/05 Section: News

Media Credit: Karyn Gilbert Bob Lavagnino of ROEK Construction mixes paint for the construction project.

Media Credit: Karyn Gilbert Francis Goonan of Con J Frankie Company drills electrical piping on the third floor of the Shima building Tuesday afternoon.

An electrical problem at Delta, which has been going on for five years, is scheduled to be corrected before the summer of this year.

Director of Facilities and Management T.C. Arbuckle said the cause of the electrical problem is harmonics.

Harmonics is in relation to harmony, which at this point, the electricity lines do not have.

The electrical project is set to help fix 100-plus classrooms around campus with the dilemma.

Classrooms without harmonics have difficulties using multiple devices at one time, without having to unplug another device.

Computers in classrooms interfere with the electricity line, making it hard to have another plugged-in device, such as a paper shredder or a printer, without neutral electronics overheating. This leaves professors no other choice but to turn one of the devices off.

By conquering the problem of unrelated harmony with electricity, classrooms will no longer have to deal with this issue.

This will allow classrooms the opportunity to expand technological references and allow addition of more high-tech innovations like computers and printers.

With the new transformers of electricity in the basements of Delta buildings, electricity lines running up the floors of the buildings will give classrooms new electrical service, creating clean electricity for computers and other devices.

Cardboard plank boxes cover these electrical lines that run up the floors, adding a more safe and sound environment for students.

With the cardboard covers, the project is able to proceed without the campus having to be closed.

The approximately $2.7 million, 100 percent state money project will add electrical improvements to the Cunningham, Locke, Shima, Holt, and Budd buildings at the end of this long- overdue electrical project, making Delta a more innovative place for education.

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