{"id":13350,"date":"2023-11-29T16:42:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T23:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/?p=13350"},"modified":"2023-11-29T16:42:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T23:42:56","slug":"power-outage-forces-the-lac-to-rely-on-generators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/?p=13350","title":{"rendered":"Power outage forces the LAC to rely on generators\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Liberal Arts Campus suffered a \u201ccatastrophic electrical failure\u201d according to the strategic account manager for Sunbelt Rentals, shutting down the campus Tuesday morning until 9 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The power generator at LBCC\u2019s power building, which is located next to the P building, stopped working, and Southern California Edison (SCE) got a call to find a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe got the call on Saturday around 12:30 (p.m.). They\u2019re putting in new transformers so the school has more transformation,\u201d William Lee, the strategic account manager for Sunbelt Rentals, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A transformer is an electrical device that takes a given input voltage and changes it to a different output voltage according to Maddox Industrial Transformer (MIT), a transformer making company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transformers are used to regulate the amount of force the electricity has from the constant flow of electrical energy needed to power things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No root cause was determined on what happened to make the power go out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCE gave its prediction on when the school would have its power back once the work was complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSCE informed LBCC that the power should return by 6 a.m. (Tuesday morning),\u201d Stacey Toda, LBCC\u2019s public relations official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Generators stand outside the P building giving power to the Liberal Arts Campus. The generators have been supplying power since Nov. 29. (Kassie Sainz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sunbelt Rentals and Walker Bros are the subcontractors that are working on both the temporary and long-term solution to the electrical problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of SCE and its subcontractors, LBCC was able to temporarily distribute power to the school with six generators that circled the power building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The generators were supplied by Sunbelt Rentals as a quick fix before the transformer was replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are six 500 kW diesel generators here from Sunset Rentals. These are what\u2019s giving the school power until the generator\u2019s fixed,\u201d Lee stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transformer was set to be removed Tuesday night and the generators continue providing power to the campus on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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