26 Jun
2007
26 Jun
'07
9:01 p.m.
My primary minicomputer is a Data General Eclipse
MV7800/U with twin
16-port serial boards, a Cipher tape drive, and two Century Data
Systems giant fixed disc drives. (I'd trade it in a heartbeat for a
minicomputer that didn't require 40 amps to start up. As such, it
sits unpowered since 1993 because I don't have the knowledge to wire
up the dedicated power to it, and to test it properly)
A standard 20 Amp circuit with nothing else on it should be able to
handle this. 40 Amps startup is just not much, and I doubt the Eclipse
sucks more than 10 Amps out of the wall after it has started. Circuit
Breakers and time-delay fuses allow for startup surges, mostly for
motors.
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Will