[114835] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Why choose 120 volts?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Larter)
Wed May 27 18:02:07 2009
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 18:01:16 -0400
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905271735350.848@murf.icantclick.org>
From: "Dave Larter" <dave@stayonline.com>
To: "david raistrick" <drais@icantclick.org>, "Joe Greco" <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Seems like if the c14 was connected to a 240v PDU the 5-15 would deliver
240v to the equipment, arc/pop tripping the breaker on the PDU as soon
as it is connected killing power to everything on that PDU.
Or am I missing something, Also hard to believe it is UL since the c14
is rated 125/250v and well captain obvious says the 5-15 125v max.
-----Original Message-----
From: david raistrick [mailto:drais@icantclick.org]=20
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:37 PM
To: Joe Greco
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Why choose 120 volts?
On Tue, 26 May 2009, Joe Greco wrote:
>> http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?edc=3D1036852
> Great, you're the latest person to invent a way to present a 5-15R
that
> offers something besides 120VAC. This is neither new nor novel, but
it
> *is* dangerous and risky, and in no way "solves the problem."
No, this does NOT present 208v at a 5-15R. Don't believe me, buy one
and=20
put a voltmeter across it.
I'll leave the FUD to others.
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