31 May
2013
31 May
'13
7:22 a.m.
mc68010 <mc68010 at gmail.com> wrote:
Ah, good to know... These are "115V amps" however, aren't they?? (Yep, I
know I'm talking absolute nonsense physically, but you get what I mean...)
I have both a E3000 and a E4000, as well as a couple of U450s. These are
my largest systems right now, with a HP 9000 K100 (PA-RISC) as a close
follower and a HP LH6000 NetServer (dual x86) coming next. For the record,
none of these is in active duty with me right now. The E3000 (equipped
with the "Creator3D" UPA-capable I/O board no less!) blew the switcher
transistor in its PPS1 (peripheral power supply) with a loud bang when
I last tried to power it up, burned out two inrush limiter resistors and
tripped the circuit breaker. The supply is optional, so I think I could
still run the system (with not too many SCA disks in it) right now.
I remember doing a test install of Solaris on my SparcSERVER 1000 (two
processor boards w/ one processor each) in my upstairs bedroom at home
and being already quite impressed by the amount of heat that put out.
The K100 has two impressive-looking radial fans in the bottom and I'm
curious for their noise alone when I'll be powering up that system!
So long,
Arno
On 05/29/2013
09:14 PM, Andrew Hoerter wrote:
Careful what you wish for. I have played with those over the years at
home and they draw about 6 amps doing nothing and more when they are.
The wheel on the power meter goes into warp drive when you turn one of
those on. I can't imagine leaving one on 24/7 if I was paying the power
bill. I still have this crazy notion of someday
acquiring an Ultra
Enterprise 3x00 or 4x00 to run at home for real work, though.