New subject: A case for downgrading to PCs (was: WARNING: RANTING COMPUTERNUT...

16 Jun 2004

On Jun 16, 15:48, David V. Corbin wrote:

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  I have also seen a good number of "Y" vs.
"Delta" screwups [although none
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  that ever directly effected computer equipment]. The
worst was in the late
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  1970's when a company was being moved to a new
part of the power grid [the
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  area was rapdily developing and expanding].
"Someone" did not realize that
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  about half the building was wired in a
"non-standard" fashion. "Fortunately"
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  the wiring acted pretty much as fuses and aside from a
small fire, the
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  damage was minimal. 
I can't think of a specific incident like that, but I do know that our
University uses a non-standard order of phases, and that all the
electrical contractors who come on site get a lecture about it, for
obvious reasons!

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York

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