12 Oct
2012
12 Oct
'12
9:23 a.m.
From: "TeoZ" <teoz at neo.rr.com>
Power supply requirements are a bit out there for home based collectors, and
what software would you run on it (I assume everything was custom per
order)?
Right, on the nameplate is shows 68 KW electronic dissipation, then you
have to
supply water chilling for a 68 KW load. Then,. you need a pretty massive
support computer to run this thing, I think the last ones were VAX
8000-series
machines. They had a stock OS, booted from the support computer, which also
provided disk, tape, graphics, etc.
So, for your typical US home service, you'd probably need a 200 KVA service,
at 120/240 V that would be 833 Amps. You'd also need a cooling tower
in your back yard that would send a cloud of vapor all over your
neighborhood.
Jon