Three phase and IBM

On Sun, 20 Mar 2011, Eric Smith wrote: Don't necessarily trust "electricians" or utility companies either! 35 years ago, in a brand new building (roof, but no floor yet), landlord's electrician and PG&E wired the three phase for my compressor wrong, providing ~200 volts to all of the outlets. 30 years ago, right before I was hired at Merritt college, they replaced the PDP which had been having lots of problems with a third party drive, with two rooms full of 5150s. (The primary IBM mainframe was at the district office). The college sold the PDP to Richmond School District (Now "West Contra Costa"). PG&E hooked it up incorrectly, and "destroyed" it. PG&E agreed to provide Richmond with an all new machine, (including replacing the flaky drive) if everybody would agree to a face-saving story that it had been destroyed by lightning. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com