Great big red door!

18
Dec
2007

As part of the finalising of our electrical fit-out we had to install two of these great big red doors (two doors to give a second exit route in the event of an emergency):

Caution!

What is behind it?

The door is to keep unauthorised personnel away from the medium voltage (MV) switch gear.
MV Switch gear

The MV switch gear protects against over-voltage, over-current and earth faults. It is designed to protect against disturbances on the grid and disturbances caused by us.

6 Responses to “Great big red door!”

  1. hostyle Says:

    What would a competant [sic] person resemble ? Or is it one of those Cork things :P Hope the signs didn’t cost too much to print.

  2. Adam Beecher Says:

    Not the signwriter anyway Lee!

    Tom, weren’t you supposed to photoshop that? :)

  3. Tom Raftery Says:

    Tom, weren’t you supposed to photoshop that?

    I did. The actual (unPhotoshopped) sign says “Entry only to continent persons” – you don’t want to be leaking around that much electricity!

    ;-)

  4. Steve Says:

    Had to do a double take meself! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/competent

    Loll :)

  5. Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Friday February 8th 2008 Says:

    [...] Like rain on your wedding day. Rob pointed this out. Cix.ie’s big red door for competent people. [...]

  6. Cork Internet eXchange » Blog Archive » Great big red door - take 2! Says:

    [...] posted a photo of this door to our MV Switch room just before Christmas but unfortunately we didn’t check the spelling on [...]

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