Transformer Protection

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Every Data Centre has HV Transformers – some indoors, some outdoors. Usually, power cables are below ground and fed to the underside of the panels where the entry points are well protected against rainfall. Occasionally, especially on converted buildings, these cables are at the first-floor level and enter the panels at the top. Unfortunately, the integrity of the waterproofing and passing of time increases the risk of water ingress. On this occasion, the transformer panel with a forest of cables slowly filled with water until it reached the Buzz Bars. To protect these transformers from further rain water we installed roof and louvre canopies. By designing in existing plant screen steelwork as ‘free structural support’ we were able to minimise the cost. £250,000 works package.