[41307] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 220v/50hz power rig
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Mercer)
Wed Sep 5 18:18:29 2001
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:20:31 -0400
From: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
To: Jim Popovitch <jimpop@yahoo.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Message-ID: <20010905182031.B5715@reptiles.org>
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In-Reply-To: <20010905193543.16000.qmail@web11606.mail.yahoo.com>; from jimpop@yahoo.com on Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 12:35:43PM -0700
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 12:35:43PM -0700, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Even better, Workmans Comp will cover your upcoming hospital
> visit. What you *will* need is a good buddy w/ a baseball bat to stand
> nearby and knock you off the current should you get electrocuted, but
> don't worry about that, it rarely happens. <evil smirk>
speaking of power conversions, here's a couple pics from my travels:
power bar and northamerican plug adapter provided by a 4 star hotel in
Karachi, Pakistan:
http://www.reptiles.org/~jim/pics/2001-02-11/Image21.html
(in order to use this, i was instructed to insert the bare wires into the
socket holes in the wall. i did so, and it did work, sorta, it crackled
once in a while, i was clued enough to unplug it when i wasn't using it).
power bar, in production, Tehran, Iran
http://www.reptiles.org/~jim/iran/work/Image22.jpg
now, all that aside, these places do have "quality" products, such as
this rackmount power strip i found in Dubai, UAE:
http://www.reptiles.org/~jim/pics/2001-07-04/Image02.html
and at the hardware store they had "normal" power strips, although i still
find the non-north-american power plugs to be quite large and potentially
dangerous.
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