Question

All Houston Methodist buildings system wide have an emergency power generator that turns on to supply emergency power after normal power shuts down within:__________A. 5 secondsB. 30 secondsC. 60 secondsD. 10 seconds

Answer 1

D. 10 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

All Houston Methodist Hospital buildings employs the use of EPSS(Emergency Power Supply System). This system employs the use of an emergency power generator that turns on to supply emergency power after normal power shuts down within 10 seconds during power outage.

Due to it being used in a hospital the importance of this emergency power system cannot be overemphasized as it is used to provide power supply to hospital equipment such as life support machines etc.