Electrical
This page provides a "living document" of the Omni Commons electrical system. It is not necessarily completely accurate, though it strives to be, and is always important to get updated!
6 of these panels are Federal Electric and need to be replaced ASAP: A, AA, AC, AD, AE, BAA
Also see our page on power usage
Primary Electrical System
- Main Panel (in Phat Beets, room E of rear [48th St] exit)
- Panel A (adjacent to main in Phat Beets)
- Panel AA (in Phat Beets, on E wall adjacent to Entrance Hall)
- Panel AB (in basement next to N staircase)
- Panel AC (in basement NW Kitchen Pantry, on E wall)
- Panel AD (located upstage left in N corner of W wall of ballroom)
- Panel ADA (in shower room on E wall)
- Panel AE (located in storage room S of stage in N corner of W wall of ballroom)
- Panel B (in Crow's Nest above stage in ballroom)
- Panel BA (in rear ballroom balcony near S wall)
- Panel BAA (on N wall of classroom between ballroom and Entrance Hall)
- Panel BAAA (behind Entrance Hall counter on S wall)
- Panel BAA (on N wall of classroom between ballroom and Entrance Hall)
- Panel BA (in rear ballroom balcony near S wall)
- Panel C (in Disco Room at base of ladder to DJ booth)
- Panel D (in Phat Beets on E wall shared with Entrance Hall)
- Panel A (adjacent to main in Phat Beets)
- CCL Panel - (Located next to door into CCL / sudo room area) - Apparently not yet documented here?
X = Disconnected
Main Panel
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
Panel B & Panel D 200amps | 1 | 2 | |
3 | 4 | ||
Panel A 200amps | 5 | 6 | |
7 | 8 | ||
X | 9 | 10 | Panel C 100amps |
11 | 12 | ||
Storage #5 / Trash Room | 13 | 14 | n/a |
15 | 16 | n/a | |
Storage #5 / Trash Room | 17 | 18 | n/a |
Counter Culture Labs (CCL) Closet |
19 | 20 | n/a |
21 | 22 | n/a | |
n/a | 23 | 24 | n/a |
Panel A
This panel is Federal Electric and needs to be replaced ASAP.
200amps
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
Panel AA (Entrance Hall) | 1 | 21 | Panel AE |
2 | 22 | ||
Panel AB | 3 | 23 | 220V plug (former rise above dryer) via Panel AA |
4 | 24 | ||
? Panel AC | 5 | 25 | Panel AD |
6 | 26 | ||
7 | 27 | ||
8 | 28 | ||
9 | 29 | ||
Upstairs (cafe mezzanine) kitchen light / Upstairs (cafe mezzanine) bathroom lights / Exit Sign at top of W cafe mezzanine staircase |
10 | 30 | Sudo Room outlets on South Wall |
Outlets along north wall of entrance hall | 11 | 31 | X |
Hood over oven in upstairs kitchenette (cafe mezzanine) / W Wall Kitchenette Outlet (R of sink) / W wall kichenette outlet (Above oven in alcove) |
12 | 32 | |
13 | 33 | ||
14 | 34 | ||
15 | 35 | ||
16 | 36 | X | |
17 | 37 | Blue Classroom S wall outlets | |
2 TIL Office Lights (upstairs) / Front Door Exit Sign / Two Lights on Beam at entrance |
18 | 38 | |
Light fixture and outlets in Blue Classroom alcove on N wall |
19 | 39 | |
Upstairs kitchenette (cafe mezzanine) S wall outlets / W Wall Kitchenette Outlet (L of sink) / N wall kitchenette outlets (at entrance) / Outlets under bar on S Wall of Disco Room near S Wal of Kitchenette |
20 | 40 |
Panel AA
This panel is a mystery to us. We could not identify any use for most of the breakers, other than #9. I suspect it may have fed the former bar area fridges, appliances & outlets which were demolished in 2015. Perhaps the overhead lights as well.
This panel is Federal Electric and needs to be replaced ASAP.
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
6 | 12 | ||
5 | 11 | ||
4 | 10 | ||
3 | 9 | wheelchair bathroom light & outlet, exit light at the west edge of entrance hall (exit to the hallway), secure storage & cleaning closet | |
2 | 8 | ||
1 | 7 |
Panel AB
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
20A basement furnace? | 8 | 16 | 15A |
7 | 15 | 15A Liberated Lens, other small basement rooms & adjacent outlets. | |
15A kitchen & pantry lights | 6 | 14 | 15A |
20A | 5 | 13 | 15A large basement meeting room - most outlets except on south wall |
20A | 4 | 12 | 15A lights in large basement meeting room & rear basement hallway |
20A Ballroom Furnace | 3 | 11 | 15A |
15A Entrance Hall Furnace |
2 | 10 | 15A basement flourescent lights |
30A kitchen outlets, fridges | 1 | 9 | 15A basement flourescent lights |
Panel AC
This panel is Federal Electric and needs to be replaced ASAP.
80A from Panel A
AFAICT this panel only powers the kitchen stove hood fan & light. Nothing else seems to be effected.
info | Breaker # |
---|---|
nothing | 4 |
nothing? | 3 |
nothing? | 2 |
hood fan & light | 1 |
Panel AD
This panel is Federal Electric and needs to be replaced ASAP.
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
Counter Culture Labs (CCL) E wall outlets |
2 | 1 | Stage Vanity Lights & NW Ballroom Bathroom Light & NW Bathroom Hallway Light |
Panel ADA (2 x 30A) Former Hot Tub in Mezzanine Shower Room |
4 | 3 | Stage Left Ballroom Floor Outlets |
6 | 5 | Stage Right Ballroom Floor Outlets & Stage Right Outlets | |
8 | 7 | Upstage Center outlet & Stage Left Outlet | |
10 | 9 | Crow's Nest Interior light/fan & SW Ballroom Staircase Light & Ballroom Mop Closet Light & Lights beneath Ballroom Mezzanine | |
SE Ballroom Bathroom Lights | 12 | 11 | GFI outlet (used for screen printing sink in Mezzanine Shower Room) |
Panel ADA
This panel is located upstairs in the "shower room" which also used to house a hot tub and laundry machines.
Label -> | Breaker # |
---|---|
Former Hot Hub | 1 |
Panel AE
This panel is Federal Electric and needs to be replaced ASAP.
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
Stage left floor outlet/s | 1 | 2 | Ballroom Under Bar Outlet #2 (from L) |
Stage right floor outlet/s | 3 | 4 | Ballroom Under Bar Outlet #1 (from L) Ballroom Shattuck Entrance's Exit Signs (3) |
Ballroom Under Bar Outlet #3 (from L) |
5 | 6 | Stage Storage Room (office #3) Outlets |
Ballroom Under Bar Outlet #4 (from L) |
7 | 8 | X |
Ballroom Balcony S Wall Lights & SW Staircase Exit Signs & SE Staircase lights / exit signs & SW Ballroom wall outlets |
9 | 10 | X |
X | 11 | 12 | X |
Panel B
100amps
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
X | 1 | 2 | X |
X | 3 | 4 | X |
X | 5 | 6 | Basement Vent |
X | 7 | 8 | |
Panel BA (Ballroom Balcony) |
9 | 10 | Sudo Robot Arm |
11 | 12 | ||
Sudo Room Servers | 13 | 14 | X |
Outlets in Room adjacent to Crow's Nest |
15 | 16 | X |
X | 17 | 18 | Exhaust Fans & Outlets in over-stage Crow's Nest |
X | 19 | 20 | Sudo Room outlets on South Wall |
Panel BA
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
Ballroom Fans | 1 | 2 | Balcony Chandelier (Single) |
Ballroom Rafter/Lattice Disco Ball |
3 | 4 | Ballroom Chandeliers |
X | 5 | 6 | |
Aux #4 | 7 | 8 | Panel BAA (Office #1) |
X | 9 | 10 | |
Ballroom Rafter/Lattice Disco Ball Lights |
11 | 12 | X |
Aux #1 | 13 | 14 | Aux #2 |
Aux #5 | 15 | 16 | Aux #3 |
Panel BAA
This panel is Federal Electric and needs to be replaced ASAP.
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
Panel BAAA in Entrance Hall |
1 | 2 | n/a |
3 | 4 | n/a | |
5 | 6 | X | |
n/a | 7 | 8 |
Panel BAAA
Label -> | Breaker # | Breaker # | <- Label |
---|---|---|---|
n/a | 2 | 1 | Outlet Under Counter |
n/a | 4 | 3 | Outlet next to Counter (1ft above floor) & Outlet under counter |
Outlet (twist lock) on counter |
6 | 5 | Outlet under counter (circuit 5 breaker nfg) |
8 | 7 |
This panel no longer exists, the cafe people took it out with the rest of the counter.
Panel C
100amps
I couldn't find this panel to take a picture --yar
Panel D
100 amps
Fan Panel
[yar will upload a picture]
230 amps, says "exhaust fan", we don't know what feeds it
Floorplans
- Panel Tree Diagram
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- Annotated Floorplan
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Documentation Protocol
Any building's electrical system is intended to serve the needs of the users of the building in a safe manner. However, we operate within constraints such as the historical developments of the electrical system, regulations, best practices, etc. In order to reduce ambiguity and risk, we must use a consistent documentation protocol throughout the system to understand and share knowledge of historical, current, and future uses.
Naming Convention
- Label the main electrical panel as "MAIN"
- Label the direct sub-panels of the main panel with a letter, e.g. "A", "B".
- Label each sub-panel that is connected to a first-tier sub-panel of the main panel.
- "origin panel letter" + "sub-panel letter" + ... (for each sub-panel add another letter) ...
- e.g. "AA" for the first sub-panel from panel "A"
- e.g. "AAB" for the second sub-panel attached to panel "AA"
- "origin panel letter" + "sub-panel letter" + ... (for each sub-panel add another letter) ...
- For each circuit, label each outlet, switch, and load with:
- the appropriate sub-panel name (described above) + "breaker number"
- e.g. All the outlets in one room that are on the same circuit should be labeled "CA4" meaning the circuit is on breaker 4 on panel CA, which is the first panel originating from panel C that connects to the Main panel.
- the draw on the curcuit
- e.g. 20 amps
- the appropriate sub-panel name (described above) + "breaker number"
Here is the OLD breaker panel diagram
Protocol
- We are especially (not exclusively) updating our electrical system documentation on a room-by-room basis.
- As you work throughout Omni Commons, you should only use the system described above to map the electrical system.
- All other systems will be overridden.
- You can print this page and the building floorplans above in order to document the labeling you make on the actual outlets, panels, etc.
- After labeling and writing on the printed building floorplan, deliver it to any member of the Building Working Group.