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Date: 25 Aug 88 15:05:08 GMT
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From: koziarzw@radc-lonex.arpa
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Subject:	RE:  Power on/off from outlet box
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		 TAC.1912-SCTC@E.ISI.EDU
Message:

Frank/Steve:

There should be no problem with using the outlet strip power switch to power
on/off all of your system peripherals.  The component most likely to receive
any complication at all will be the powerstrip itself.  The AC line switch
in a properly-designed power supply will open and close the LINE connection
(as opposed to NEUTRAL; this is the reason for the wide blade/narrow blade
plugs) of the incoming AC powerline (from the recepticle).  It matters not
where the opening of the LINE occurs, within the power supply, at a wall switch,
at a power strip, at the line cord, at a circuit breaker, etc. since the
properly-designed power supply will include some form of in-rush current
limiting until the supply reaches its steady operating condition. The point
of this is that if the power supply is properly designed you will NOT damage it.
Steve, you have suggested that Ohm's Law can be broken (it can not).  So, 
USE THOSE POWER STRIPS!!!!!