Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!galaxy.rutgers.edu!argus!ken From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle Message-ID: <1561@argus.UUCP> Date: 24 Feb 90 21:58:45 GMT References: <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <804@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <1556@argus.UUCP> Organization: NJ Instit. of Tech: TEIES Project Lines: 18 In article <1556@argus.UUCP>, ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) writes: > In article <1990Feb23.041918.27178@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: : Hm, the light that indicates that a XXX dollar device is changing into a : 10 cent fuse? :-) :-) :-) Must have looked like that blue flash I saw : when I trusted the physical plant people to put the correct voltage on : a line they installed for a PDP11/34. Anyone wanna guess what happens : when you drive a 110V single phase PDP11/34 with 220V 3 phase? :-( And to answer everyone who has been asking, *YES* the PDP *STILL* WORKED after that, although I'm not all too sure what they replaced, if anything. We got the PDP's on donation, and wanted to test out the power before they came in and certified the machines for the maintenance contract. I don't think we told them what happened the previous night. -- Kenneth Ng: Post office: NJIT - CCCC, Newark New Jersey 07102 uucp !andromeda!galaxy!argus!ken *** NOT ken@bellcore.uucp *** bitnet(prefered) ken@orion.bitnet or ken@orion.njit.edu