Conference
Classrooms
Laboratory
Classrooms
Instructional
Shops
Self-Paced
Classrooms
Seminar Classrooms
Auditorium/
Theater
Instructor Rehearsal
Rooms
Counseling
Rooms
Remedial Instruction
Rooms
Study Areas
Snack & Vending
Rooms
Student Lounge
Restrooms
Figure 4-31
Spaces Near Computer-Aided Instructional Classrooms.
(2) Surge Protection.
(4) Electrical Line Filtering.
Electrical power to classrooms using microcomputer-
Electrical power to classrooms using microcomputer-
based instruction should be protected from surges in
based instruction should be protected from interference
electrical voltage by a lightning arrester/surge
by an electrical line filter. The line filter may
protector. Surge protection may be incorporated in the
incorporate the surge protector. Computers may have
electrical line filter. Microcomputers in instruction
individual line filters. Filters may be for grouped
classrooms should not be supplied by electrical circuits
computers, or the entire circuit for all microcomputers
which also supply power for electrical motors or
in the classroom may be protected.
electrical devices which automatically cycle on or off
(such as coffee pots, photocopy machines, etc.).
G. Environmental Conditions.
(1) Lighting.
(3) Standby Power.
Electrical power to classrooms using microcomputer-
The general lighting level should be 30 foot-candles.
Lighting levels at carrels should be 50 foot-candles. No
based instruction may need to be protected from sags
task lighting is required if carrels do not have shelves
or drops in electrical voltage by the use of standby
mounted above the work surfaces. If shelves are
power sources. Such protection is only needed when
individual microcomputers will be used for extremely
mounted above the work surface, task lighting should
be incorporated into the carrel design.
long tasks using data that would be difficult to replace
if lost.
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