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CZARNECKI ENGINEERING INCORPORATED 1 121 MARLIN COURT • SUITE B • WAUKESHA, WI 53186 262.513.2020 FAX 262.513.2023 www.czeng.com August 24, 2016 Dawn O'Kroley Dorschner Associates Via email RE: Blooming Grove Fire Department 1880 South Stoughton Road Blooming Grove, WI Dear Dawn, I visited the site with you on August 16, 2016 to review the existing electrical system. The following are my findings: ELECTRIC SERVICE The building is served underground from a pole mounted transformer near the northwest corner of the building. Service terminates on an exterior current transformer cabinet near the center of the building. Service is 208Y/120 volts, 3phase, 4 wire with a capacity of 400 amperes. Service terminates in a pair of panelboards on the west wall of the garage. These are Cutler Hammer type PRL1A. One contains a 400 amp 3 pole main breaker; the second panel is sub fed from the first. The panels are in good condition. The area around them is clean. There is room for additional electrical equipment at these panels. The service does not have surge protection. There is room for additional circuit breakers in the panels. A 100 amp flush mounted Cutler Hammer load center in the office area is fed from the panels in the garage. This service is adequate for the proposed project. One panel in the office area is impacted by the proposed remodeling and will need to be moved. ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION There is an adequate amount of receptacles in the facility. The building was built in 2010 so the electrical system is relatively new. The building appears to be wired with a combination of electrical metallic tubing and MC cable. LIGHTING The existing lighting is fluorescent with T8 lamps. Fixtures in the office area are recessed lay-in type with prismatic acrylic lenses. Fixtures in the garage are pendant industrial type. Some areas are controlled by occupancy sensor type wall switches. Some areas have dual switching. The fixtures are in reasonably good condition and can be reused. EMERGENCY LIGHTING The building does not have a generator. Selected fluorescent fixtures have internal battery backup. The exit lights also have battery backup. There are no emergency fixtures on the outside of the building.