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          laboratories (Property Unit 4040).  Items of equipment for which            
          electrical connections are wired directly to the hospitals'                 
          electrical systems include the front entrance sign, the emergency           
          entrance sign, the air conditioner for the computer equipment,              
          and the central sterilization equipment.                                    
               The branch electrical wiring and connections are required              
          for the operation and use of the equipment to which they relate.            
          The branch electrical wiring and connections are used only with             
          the items of equipment to which they relate.8                               
               All of the electrical load carried by the branch electrical            
          wiring and connections is carried to the particular items of                
          equipment to which they relate.  The conduit protects and houses            
          the wiring.                                                                 
                    b.  Wiring and Related Property Items Relating to                 
               Kitchen Equipment (Property Unit 3075)                                 
               The disputed property items in Property Unit 3075 consist of           
          wiring, conduit, junction boxes, and outlets that provide                   
          electricity required for the operation and use of hospital                  
          kitchen equipment, including the kitchen hood fans and lights,              
          braising pans, sanitizers, deep fryers, toasters, ice                       
          makers/dispensers, coffee urns, milk and ice cream dispensers,              
          and heat lamps.  Those items are used only with the hospital                


          8   The parties agree that the items of equipment to which the              
          branch electrical wiring and connections in issue relate are                
          properly depreciable over 5-year periods.                                   




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