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switchgear.md

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 # Switchgear
 
+## Info
+
+### Special Equipment
+
+#### Company Switches
+
+> [!info] Also Known As
+> * Theatrical Switchboards
+> * Stage Switchboards
+
+Company switches are lighting control devices
+unique to performance venues
+like those subject to **NEC Article 520:
+Theaters, Audience Areas of Motion Picture and Television Studios,
+Performance Areas, and Similar Locations**
+
+![[company-switch.png|500x625]]
+
+> [!cite] NEC Article 520.2
+> **Stage Switchboard.**
+> A permanently installed switchboard, panelboard, or rack
+> containing dimmers or relays with associated overcurrent protective devices,
+> or overcurrent protective devices alone, used primarily to feed stage equipment.
+
 ## Sequence
 
 ### 1. Estimate preparation
 
 1. Initial the OneNote
 2. In the drawings, locate:
-    * Riser Diagrams
-    * House Panels
-3. Copy over default Temporary Assemblies from sandbox job
+  * Riser Diagrams
+  * House Panels
 
 ### 2. Takeoff
 
 1. Build Items in Distribution:
-    * Panelboards
-    * Switchboards
-    * Meter centers
-    * Generators
-    * Transfer switches
-    * Generator connection cabinets
+  * Panelboards
+  * Switchboards
+  * Meter centers
+  * Generators
+  * Transfer switches
+  * Generator connection cabinets
+  * CT cabinet
+  * Power monitor
 
 2. Takeoff Common Assemblies:
-    * XFMRs
-    * Disconnect switches
+  * XFMRs
+  * Disconnect switches
 
 3. Takeoff Items in Item Database:
-    * Wireway (Trough/Gutter)
+  * Wireway (Trough/Gutter)
 
 4. Takeoff Temp Assemblies:
-    * CT Cabinet
-    * Meter
-    * Fire Pump
-    * Fire Pump Controller
+  * Fire Pump
+  * Fire Pump Controller
 
 When building panelboards/switchboards,
 add terminations according to an example from the schedules.
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 #### SPD's/TVSS's
 
-Labor only: ~1.5hrs
+Labor only.
+
+Specific item is not important, but I use
+`SPLITTERS / SOCKETS / CABINETS`/`METER SOCKETS & CABINETS`/`METERING CURRENT TRANSFORMER`
+(Labor = 1.5hrs)
+for consistency.
+
+#### Submeters/Power Monitors
+
+See [[switchgear#SPD's/TVSS's]]
 
 #### Panelboards
 
@@ -65,7 +97,7 @@ Treat as disconnect switch.
 
 #### Generators
 
-Add `GENERATOR SET UP`
+Add `DISTRIBUTION FITTINGS`/`GENERATOR SET UP`.
 
 #### Generator Connection Cabinets
 
@@ -92,5 +124,5 @@ Adjust Factor 1 for meter stacks, delete zeroed items.
 ### 3. Extension (Review and Checking)
 
 1. Generator
-    * Ensure takeoff is in the generator Area and System breakdowns
-    * Put location, quantity, and type on OneNote
+  * Ensure takeoff is in the generator Area and System breakdowns
+  * Put location, quantity, and type on OneNote