[92870] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hughes)
Mon Oct 16 05:23:12 2006
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:27:33 +0100
From: Mike Hughes <mike@smashing.net>
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To: nanog@nanog.org
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John Levine wrote:
>>> In addition to all of the offered AC services others have mentioned,
>>> some planes have power outlets for vacuum cleaners, typically behind a
>>> small panel next to a door.
>> ISTR, these AC sockets are "airplane flavour" 115VAC @ 400Hz.
>
> No. it's 60 Hz. See this picture of one of the outlets.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/25645286/
>
> and this page from Qantas web site
>
> http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying/inTheAir/communications
>
> Don't you think that airlines would be smart enough not to install
> power outlets that would destroy the equipment that the customers plug
> into them?
I don't think the earlier poster was referring to the sockets you as a
member of the travelling public are invited to use - i.e. the ones which
are in your seat and labelled. Those *are* converted to 110V @ 60Hz.
These are occasional sockets, discreetly mounted at floor level, usually
just forward of a door, often have a flip-up cover, for plugging in bits
of airline equipment.
Mike
