6 Feb
2009
6 Feb
'09
12:20 a.m.
On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:35 PM, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
Hehe... The RA90 disks I use on my Vax 3900 are somewhat similar. I
can only run one at a time on the circuit I've got the thing hooked
to. And I have to be real careful when I spin it up, to ensure that
the lights and the TV set are both turned off. And even then,
sometimes the thing will run for an hour and then *fump*
whirrrrr........ as everything in the room is plunged into blackness.
But, then again, I've got a lot of other junk on that circuit...
I'd assume so. The RA90 is a modern, low-power drive compared to
the RA81!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Peripherals, on the other hand, will vary. If it's
got a couple hefty
disks with it, it might draw a lot more. A couple
large SMD disks can
blow a 15a breaker if you spin them all up at
once.
IIRC, an RA81 disk has an inrush spec of 80 amps for a time
period
measured in seconds.
Ok, so you don't want one of those anyway. :)