[114806] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why choose 120 volts?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ricky Beam)
Tue May 26 21:00:50 2009
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:00:40 -0400
To: "Paul Vixie" <vixie@isc.org>, nanog@merit.edu
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <g3fxerjsg9.fsf@nsa.vix.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, 26 May 2009 20:32:54 -0400, Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org> wrote:
> once in a while some crashcart CRT monitor won't run on anything but 120V
> but for $50 NRC it can be replaced with an LCD. everything else that's
> still worth plugging in (that is, having a power/heat cost per
> performance better than that of a blow dryer) doesn't care what voltage
> it lives on.
Or go to Radio Shack and get one of those "international traveler" power
converter packs.
I have a number of systems (ok, yes, they're old) that a) do not have
autosensing power supplies (someone has to get a paperclip and flip a
switch), and b) will not work on 208v -- 120 or 240, but not 208.
--Ricky
