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          units, operating rooms, recovery rooms, infant nurseries, patient           
          rooms, radiology areas, laboratories, and kitchens.  The                    
          isolation panels and grounding receptacles ensure that the                  
          medical equipment receiving electrical power from the isolated              
          electrical circuits does not leak electricity, which could shock            
          patients undergoing surgery or other forms of treatment.  The               
          remote grounding receptacles are necessary for the common                   
          grounding of equipment in those areas of the hospitals and are              
          necessary for the operation of the isolation panels.                        
               3.  Wiring and Related Property Items Relating to Television           
               Equipment (Property Unit 2340)                                         
               Disputed property items in Property Unit 2340 consist of               
          branch electrical wiring, conduit, junction boxes, outlet                   
          receptacles, and equipment that is required for the operation and           
          use of the television equipment located in and outside of the               
          hospitals.  Petitioners' use of the conduit and junction boxes is           
          due, in part, to local building codes.  The items are used only             
          and directly with the television sets located in petitioners'               
          hospital facilities and the master television antennae attached             
          to petitioners' hospitals.10                                                
               Televisions are attached to the walls of the hospitals near            
          the room ceilings.  The television outlet receptacles in issue              


          10   The television antenna and antenna wire are not in dispute.            
          The parties have agreed that the antenna, amplifier, and brackets           
          constitute 5-year property.                                                 




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