4 Jun
2003
4 Jun
'03
5:17 a.m.
On Wednesday 04 June 2003 08:38 am, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
Heh. here, 220VAC @ 20A is normal house wiring. Many houses here
are fed with 48A (new) or 60A (old), on three circuits. High power
circuits (dryers, arcos etc) are done on 380VAC (3-phase) here.
My apartment now has the usual 3 220V (60A) circuits, two 380VAC
circuits, and a new 500VAC power line attached to the power stuff
downstairs :)
that's a damm scary place to live as a child or a electrian... my son when he
was about 3 thought it would be find to pee on a electrical outlet all it
happened back then was sparks and smoke hate to think about what would
happened at 380 or 500 vac?
I ran over a extension cord on a electric lawn mower, i know an evil device,
got quite a shock and it was only 110 15A curcuit i shiver to think of
even 220v at 60A, i could of been dead with that much power going through me
even for a short time i felt my shock...
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> Not sure. There are extensive discussions on this list about that
> very topic. OTOH, I *think* the innards of the 690 are 110V, but the
> power distribution box might want 220. In that case, you can plug the
> CPU into its own 15A circuit and run the rest of the stuff off of a
> different circuit.
yeah 2x 15A curcuits would not be a problem, but i think it might be 220v to
the power supply and from then on the rest is just DC lines to each
component, begining to think I should just forget about the whole deal, not
worth the 500mile round trip drive and a hernia of moving a 600 lbs. beast...
I figured out what i thougt was a masive powersupply drawer was really holding
5 or so Full Height SCSI drives that were either 1. 3. or 9 gig's each not
really econmical to use these days given when the power to run them costs.
especially if they are the 1 or 3 gig variety
I'm still a bit leary of plugging in a
machine that requires that much
power.
I can understand that. This stuff wasn't exactly designed for home
use.
"Gee, sir... what ARE you going to do here.. would your hobby be
including devices such as electric chairs, perhaps??"
*grin*
:)
--fred