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From: markb@denali.sgi.com (Mark Bradley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Power for Power Series
Summary: Power for rack system.
Message-ID: <49972@sgi.sgi.com>
Date: 7 Feb 90 18:18:56 GMT
References: <9002070129.AA12557@physics.phy.duke.edu>
Sender: markb@denali.sgi.com
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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In article <9002070129.AA12557@physics.phy.duke.edu>, rgb@PHY.DUKE.EDU ("Robert G. Brown") writes:
> Hi, there.  I am a system administrator with a somewhat unusual
> (but perhaps not uncommon) problem.  We just obtained an SG-220S
> in the big rack mount.  I was somewhat surprised to learn, upon
> delivery, that the rack requires 220V SINGLE PHASE power, which is
> virtually non-existent in the United States.

The plug is a NEMA 5-15.  The wiring of the power distribution box
expects 110 on each of the hot and `neutral'.  So it should look like
this:

	          110VAC--- |   | ---110VAC
			
			      O ---GND

						in the USA, with the
110's 180 degrees out of phase.  220VAC single phase is what they have in
Europe.  We ship a different plug to Europe, too.

							markb

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Mark Bradley				"Faster, faster, until the thrill of
I/O Subsystems				 speed overcomes the fear of death."
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
Mountain View, CA 94039-7311		     ---Hunter S. Thompson

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