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WilliamMorris420 t1_j53mvrd wrote

Reply to The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off by Didyoucallforme

Why not just get the janitor to turn off all if the power at night and then to turn it back on in the morning? You just need to unsure that allnof the comoutersnare turned off at the end of the day and power the fire and burglar alarms with a UPS. The only other issue would be fridge/freezersbut you could run a second line tonthe kitchens/school nurse.

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eighty2angelfan t1_j53idwb wrote

Reply to comment by ghloperr in The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off by Didyoucallforme

I build schools and hospitals. Many engineers are hard headed idiots. I'll give two examples. 1/2 " × 6" hilti concrete anchors for #12 slack wires and 2 hole stainless steel industrial rigid conduit straps rated at 1000s of pounds for emt which doesn't fit in the strap, on roof blocks. We can't convince engineers to change straps. Engineers commonly can't understand that you can't fit 10 gallons in a 5 gallon bucket. And Electrical, mechanical, and plumbing engineers never talk to each other. You guys should serve internships in you chosen fields.

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ghloperr t1_j53co08 wrote

Reply to comment by nataphoto in The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off by Didyoucallforme

My definition of a large school is 2000+ which is common for high schools in my area. Elementary schools usually have ~500 and middle schools have 1000+.

A school of approx 1000 students, whatever you want to call it (big or average), is what I was basing my estimates off of.

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ffxivthrowaway03 t1_j5324ho wrote

Reply to comment by Raistlarn in The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off by Didyoucallforme

> If true then turning off the circuit breaker would probably default every single one of them to locked.

Maybe, but that's super against fire code. Locks on doors in environments like these need to fail safe, not fail secure. Otherwise the building catches fire and loses power, and all the doors lock everyone inside to burn to death.

And also a super easy thing to fix for any locksmith that isn't totally useless. You can just rewire the door's circuit so there's no power to the strike. No power = no magnetism = unlocked door.

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ghloperr t1_j53236w wrote

Reply to comment by 1ndomitablespirit in The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off by Didyoucallforme

You're hating on child safety features in cars for no logical reason other than "technology and internet bad" and somehow I'm the dogmatic one.

You have no argument and, again, are using personal attacks and calling me a christian evangelical (???) instead of actually defending your position. Your argument being that evangelicals also base their arguments around child safety so I'm like them? Hitler didn't like smoking, does that mean that people who are anti smoking are nazis?

I'm not a troll, I was trying to see if you had any empathy for dead toddlers but I guess not.

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1ndomitablespirit t1_j531260 wrote

Reply to comment by ghloperr in The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off by Didyoucallforme

If that's what you take from it, sure. Again, another thing Evangelicals do is make a statement that is only possible by willfully ignoring the content of the entire argument. Maybe you're a troll, and that's cool, but if you are being honest with your responses, then yes, you argue in a dishonest way that is very similar to that of pro-lifers. I am not trying to insult you. I am just saying that you may share a certain "logic" that is not open-minded nor fully rational. If you want to help the world, being dogmatic and obtuse isn't helpful.

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