[54394] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DC power versus AC power
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sun Dec 29 19:57:04 2002
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 19:43:48 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <01ff01c2af9c$bc7f8d30$2a067ece@dell16> from "Michael Painter" at Dec 29, 2002 02:45:22 PM
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Michael Painter said:
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> > >But, as Stephen already eluded to... Compared with an AC plant design, to
> me, one of the biggest drawbacks of a DC plant is safety (I have had to
> kick a fellow worker away from the rack before). <<
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> What was the worker doing? Is this 48 VDC?
Bet so.
And note, it's not just ISP's, of course. I heard that Sprint
PCS ha[s,d] a Dallas tech in critical condition and a dead switch
after a dropped wrench & resulting fire.
In the words of Phil Esterhaus:
Let's be careful out there....
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