Power surge at the Market last week
On Tuesday 24 October the Market experienced a power surge due to an equipment failure which resulted in a site-wide power outage for 15 seconds.
When this occurs individual tenancy switchboards may not resume normal operations resulting in refrigeration failure, loss of computer memory and general disruption to programmed electrical devices.
The MMA is undertaking an audit of tenancy switchboards to determine the level of surge protection which may have been installed by the tenant’s contractors.
There are also several tenancies that are not alarmed for temperature spikes in the cool rooms.
To ensure business continuity it is imperative that individual tenancies install an alarm system which provides constant notification of cool room functionality to the tenant.
The MMA has recently commissioned the hardware to support independent cool room temperature monitoring and notification which is currently being tested.
The cost per tenancy will be dependent upon participation. |
Thank you to the Market community for your support and assistance during the Market tour last Tuesday for the World Markets Congress.
A reminder the Market will be closed next Tuesday 7 November 2017 for the Melbourne Cup.The Fruit and Vegetable Market will open at 3:30am on Wednesday 8 November 2017.
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