Tom, who you should know by now, was already thinking that the two lines running next to each other, should be fine no matter how much current was passing through them as long as they are balanced. His most recent theory is that when they are, for some reason out of balance, is when it causes our EMF problem.
The guy who manages this line has now been informed of the situation, and we took reports from three employees that saw or heard the wires at 3:02 along with our statements about the concurrent failure of magnetic breakers. He will also receive the report from the other DWP guy that will substantiate our claims of random failures that do not appear to be from ground or faulty wiring\appliances.
After this 3:02 event, I decided to take action. I had a bigger generator ordered, got it hooked up to our big UPS with line conditioner. Had the magnetic breaker bypassed, (still has fuse protection) so i wouldn't have to cage it. I had this hooked up to our phone system and computers with separate grounding using special receptacles that will not ground to the boxes but use ground wires inside conduit. I then had the computer cabinets grounded to the conduits.
In the phone room I went the extra mile, not only completing above tasks but also rigged a faraday cage from expanded metal lathe and twist ties that I grounded to conduit. I not only caged the equipment but also most of the hundreds of cables running in and out of the room, then grounded the metal wire rack that is sort of like a sideways ladder in a T shape that seemed like it needed to be grounded.
The only weekness here is that I could not complete the cage against the wall that the equipment is mounted to. That wall is away from the EMF source, or the far side, so I am hoping this does not compromise the cage's effectiveness too much.
The bottom line here is that I can run my business without lights and outlets for awhile, but not without phones and computers! So right now that's the priority.
When I left tonight they were just buttoning up the final connections. I am crossing my fingers. The last couple hits just before I left did not shut down the phones, which is a good sign, although the phones didn't always go down on every hit, I was encouraged and proud of my work.
We are crossing our fingers and toes.
There is a lot more to say about some of the readings from the awesome equipment Tom brought over, but I'm beat, I've got to be somewhere early A.M., will try to check in here sometime tomorrow.
