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Power Infeeds
The recommended electrical system for the UPLIFT Pow-
er and Data Rail is the Byrne 8-Trac System. However, we
have also designed the Power and Data Rail to accept the
Dekko 8-Wire System. This can help prevent any delays if
one of those two suppliers is experiencing long lead times.
The rst type of power infeeds for the UPLIFT Power and
Data Rail is the Plug-In Infeed (see g.1) which plugs into
either a wall outlet or a oor outlet and can be installed
by anyone. Plug-in feeds are supplied by a single 20 amp
circuit that typically supplies your ofce wall outlets.
Outlets for Plug-in Power Infeeds must be 20 amp
type conguration (see g.2) to maintain UL in order
to maintain UL listing. Do not use plug adapters to
plug infeed into a 15 amp type outlet.
The second type of Power Infeed is the Hardwire In-
feed (see g.3). The hardwire infeed connections must
be made by a licensed electrician.
The Power Infeed accommodates up to four 20 amp circuits and consists of four line conductors,
two neutrals, and two grounds. Per National Electrical Code (NEC) requirements, up to 13 duplex
receptacles may be used per circuit, with a total of 52 available receptacles if all four circuits are
used. The line conductors are 12 AWG, and share a 12 AWG ground and a 10 AWG neutral conduc-
tor. The fourth circuit is isolated and dedicated and is serviced by its own line, neutral, and isolated
ground conductors. The Byrne 8-Trac System can be wired in both single and three-phase cong-
urations, 240/120V, 208/120V respectively (see Byrne 8-Trac wiring diagram below).
This power rail system utilizes (4) circuits; (3) for general purpose that share a common neutral and
ground, and (1) circuit that has a dedicated neutral and ground. This dedicated circuit is sometimes
used as the “computer” circuit since it does not share a neutral conductor, thereby reducing the
chance for electrical noise originating from other loads that may be plugged in. But many users plug
their computers into any of the 4 circuits without issues. Byrne duplex receptacles are marked as 1, 2,
3, and 4. Receptacles marked 1, 2, and 3 connect to the three general purpose circuits and the recep-
tacle marked 4 connects to the dedicated circuit. IF you optionally choose to only plug computers
into the dedicated circuit you may need to use additional power infeeds and an electrical designer
can help with this - as a general rule, you can assume 250W (2.08A) for each computer receptacle
and 180W (1.5A) for each general purpose receptacle when calculating for each 20A circuit.
Electrical Wiring
Fig. 1 - Plug-In Power Infeeds
Fig. 3 - Hardwire Power Infeeds
Fig. 2 - required outlet type
for Plug-In Power Infeed
24’’
24’’
Hardwire Power Infeed wiring diagram
Circuit 1 Circuit 2
Circuit 3 Circuit 4
Gray
White
Green/Yellow
Green
Pink
Blue
Red
Black
Neutral 2
Neutral 1
Iso Ground
Ground
Hot 4
Hot 3
Hot 2
Hot 1
IMPORTANT:
All hard wired electrical connections must be made by a licensed electrician.
Refer to all warnings at the beginning of this manual.