Explore the intricacies of power level drawings and their various components, including power notes, fire alarm notes, and the keynotes legend. Understand how these elements interact and contribute to the overall structure and function of power systems in different types of rooms and buildings.
Key Insights
- Power level drawings usually contain consistent elements across documents, such as power notes, fire alarm notes, and the keynotes legend. These notes often carry the same comment and number across all pages of the power drawings.
- These drawings provide detailed information about the layout and connections of power systems in a building. For instance, they indicate the positioning of junction boxes, the wiring of outlets, and their connections to the electrical panel.
- Power level drawings also cater to safety measures, clearly indicating the placement of fire alarms, especially in shared spaces like corridors between rooms. Moreover, they offer an enlarged plan for critical areas such as the electrical and IT rooms.
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Let's look at our third power plan drawing. You can see that once again, as before, we have our power notes, fire alarm notes, and keynotes legend. These notes are usually consistent across all of the power documents.
Typically, the same comment would have the same number. So on all the power drawings, the number one would be the same across all pages. It's not always the case, but that's the convention.
If we look at the building again, just like in our previous drawing, there’s an indication for the junction boxes within the guest suites. We can see which outlets are wired together. We can see where they are connected on the electrical panel.
I will now pan around. Notice the fire alarms. This is a shared corridor between the king room and the double queen room.
Because there is a door, a fire alarm needs to be installed there. Keynotes are visible. You can see the connections to the electrical panel.
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I will now move to the other side. Again, similar information is presented, including fire alarms and their connections on the panel schedule. You’ll see an enlarged plan, image five, on sheet E306 for the electrical and IT rooms. Notice the bubble around it, indicating that there’s an enlarged plan.
Once again, the information is concisely displayed. It’s clear, and we’ve used the architectural background for this drawing. Let’s move on to our next drawing.
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