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From: mjy@sdti.UUCP (Michael J. Young)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Ridiculous power supplies (was: Re: lots of panics in uPort V...)
Message-ID: <248@sdti.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 88 15:31:00 GMT
References: <115@hawkmoon.UUCP> <829@ddsw1.UUCP> <421@zap.UUCP> <126@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> <1063@maynard.BSW.COM>
Reply-To: mjy@sdti.UUCP (0000-Michael J. Young)
Organization: Software Development Technologies, Sudbury MA
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Keywords: crash, bang, zap

In article <1063@maynard.BSW.COM> campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) writes:
>...  By the time I discovered the source of the problem, the fuse
>box was arcing internally so much that it was quite warm to the touch.
>(It's a miracle the house didn't burn down.)

...

>Once a transformer down the street melted, and for about five seconds
>the 110-volt outlet delivered 220 volts.  All the lights in the house
>got real bright, the Rainbow fan got louder, then the power went out.

...

>One last anecdote.  Another transformer melted down or blew up or something.
>For several hours, our line voltage dropped to 75 volts (I measured).
>Lights were dim;  my stereo wouldn't work.  The Rainbow kept right on
>running.

Where did you live?  I want to know so I'll be sure never to buy a house
in that neighborhood.  If my utility service was that unreliable (and
dangerous) I wouldn't even bother to pack.  I'd leave with my trusty
Rainbow and the shirt off my back, then call the nearest realtor.

>Moral:  it is possible to build a decent computer power supply;  it just
>seems that the clone companies don't bother.

Moral #2: Make sure your insurance premiums are paid.
-- 
Mike Young - Software Development Technologies, Inc., Sudbury MA 01776
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