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CABARRUS COUNTY <br /> Post Office Box 707 <br /> CONCORD. NORTtl CAROLINA 28026 <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> 10: Charles O. tacGinnis, County Manager <br /> FROM: C. Richard Russell, Data Processing Manager <br /> DATE: June 8, 198/ <br /> SUBJECT: Power/Lightning/Computer Solution <br /> <br />Lightning is hitting the computer twice a year. Average <br />down time to repair is three days. Repair costs were <br />absorbed by the computer vendor &t first, but lately, they <br />hay= charged us as follows. <br /> <br /> 07-22-84 $ 5,621.34 <br /> 08-13-84 3,sg2.g2 <br /> 05-15-85 5,02g.01 <br /> 05-15-85 114.31 <br /> 05~15-85 1,932.72 <br /> 07-02-86 1,gSg.52 <br /> 07-02-86 10,564.26 <br /> <br /> Total $29, 134.O8 <br /> <br />Loss of power is causing the computers to go down an average <br />of once pel' day. This is seasonal tot Ihe ri,Dst part and <br />lasts for six months. Computer down time until recovery <br />ranges between thirty minutes to an hour depending upon the <br />extent o! damage. <br /> <br />Sophisticated computer systems involving the Jail. Dispatch, <br />and Geoprocessing will be installed in the near future. <br />We mur, t rlave an uninterruplible source of power to operate <br />these complicaled new systems. <br /> <br />The price for our computer exceeded one million dollars. <br />The information it manages and the personnel it supports are <br />lar more valuable. The time has come when wa should protect <br />this state-of-lhe-ort investment in technology from <br />lightning ~nd loss Of power. <br /> <br />I have researched this problem by soliciting professional <br />opinions from the power company ahd the following engineers. <br /> <br /> Tony Troskoski, CRT Systems, Rock Hill, SC <br /> Kirby Russell, AC Lightning, Maryville. MO <br /> Charles King, Honeywell, Charlotte, NC <br /> <br /> <br />