True, but my problem is space, who doesn't :-)
so getting at the rear side to flip the breaker is just as cumbersome
as pulling the plug at the wall.
And I do not want to install the power controller at the front of the rack.
And the EMI filter is indeed always connected, but Murphy ...
- Henk, PA8PDP.
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Van: cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org namens Patrick Finnegan
Verzonden: ma 16-01-2006 19:59
Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Onderwerp: Re: AC power on front panels
On Monday 16 January 2006 04:09, Gooijen, Henk wrote:
Some of my kit
stays plugged in even when it's powered off.
This tends to be stuff I'm pretty confident in, like the PDP-11.
I always pull the plugs on my PDP-11s, because the small
transformer in the power controller is always connected.
You could also just flip off the breaker on the power controller, which
disconnects everything* in the PCU from the mains. Almost everything I keep
plugged in 24x7 (short of light fixtures and one or two unimportant peecees)
is also on a UPS.
* Except for the EMI filter, inlet power cable, plug from the wall, etc. :)
Pat
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