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37-H34 — Control Relay Gallery R-22

Exit achieved
Log ID
37-H34
Designation
Control Relay Gallery R-22
Primary anomaly
Coil voltage independent of state / slope reversal / delayed click sound / residual indicator decrease without voltage
Status
Exit achieved
Date recovered
2026-09-09
Source file
37-H34 Control Relay Gallery R-22

THRESHOLD COMPLEX EXPLORATION LOG

Designation / Log ID: 37-H34

Apparent Date/Time: 09 September 2026 / 10:27 (local) — secondary stamp reads 03:11 22 November 1983

Entry Method: Single steel door marked “R-22 CONTROL RELAY – AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY”. Exterior door clear aperture measures 0.92 m × 2.05 m. Interior aperture measures 1.12 m × 1.88 m on entry and 0.79 m × 2.21 m on exit.

Environmental Baseline

Lighting: fluorescent tubes, color temperature measured at 4120 K. Intensity constant at 71 lux.

Ambient temperature: 21.3 °C. Humidity: 41 %.

Background sound: continuous low-frequency relay coil hum at 52 Hz. Baseline reading 31 dB.

Air movement: none detected. Barometric pressure 1012.8 hPa on entry; 1008.1 hPa after 4 m of travel.

Spatial Observations

Gallery estimated 22 m long by 5.1 m wide by 3.0 m high. Laser measurement returns 15.7 m long by 6.3 m wide by 2.4 m high.

Floor: sealed concrete with yellow safety striping. Striping width measures 0.10 m. Surface remains uniform under repeated contact.

Walls: painted steel paneling with embedded relay cabinets. Paint thickness measures 0.7 mm. Surface remains uniform under repeated contact.

Ceiling: exposed structural beams with four recessed lamp fixtures. Fixture count remains four after six visual inventories.

Repeating motif: every 3.1 m a relay cabinet is mounted at 1.4 m height. Cabinet width measures 0.61 m. Indicator light arrays are identical across all cabinets.

Anomalies

Visual inventory of relay cabinets returns 7. Physical inventory returns 7. Measured coil voltage equals 0 V while calculated residual current across the same cabinets equals 1.4 A.

Floor remains level under spirit level. Measured dust film on the lower wall panels slopes 2.1° toward the west wall. Slope reverses after 6 minutes of continuous observation without change in physical orientation.

Gallery pressure measures 1012 hPa while the external door indicator reads 1016 hPa. Seal integrity lights remain green.

Sound of residual relay click arrives 1.9 seconds after the corresponding surface disturbance is detected. Delay increases by 0.31 s for every additional 1.4 m of distance from the entry door.

Humidity at mid-gallery remains 41 % while condensation forms on the cabinet exteriors after 5 minutes of observation. Condensation evaporates without measurable change in local humidity.

Local magnetic field strength measures 0.4 gauss at floor level and 2.2 gauss at 1.5 m height. Field direction reverses after 9 minutes without change in gallery state.

Cabinet indicator light count on the status array decreases by 3 over 8 minutes while measured voltage at all terminal blocks remains 0 V.

Entity Notes

None observed.

At the 7.2 m mark a localized temperature drop of 4.1 °C occurs across a 1.5 m radius. Drop persists for 6 seconds then collapses. No visible source.

Exit / Continuity Status

Exit achieved through the same steel door after 19 minutes of continuous observation. Exterior aperture on exit matches the interior measurement recorded on entry.

Residual effect: left glove retains a thin film of condensation that evaporates over 11 minutes without measurable mass change. Right glove remains dry.

Secondary timestamp on the log device advances 47 minutes while local elapsed time measures 19 minutes.