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On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Nathan Stratton wrote: Greetings > On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Patrick J. Chicas wrote: > > I don't understand how they could have 3 different power systems fail > > without a serious operations procedural error. > > They did not, the transfer switch did. I think you have missed my point. By the RISKS message it appears that BBN relied blindly on whatever power solution Stanford had in place. THis, is an operational failure. > > In 18 years of telecom management I have never seen a "Transfer Switch" as > > a component failure. I have seen quite a few overloaded battery strings, > > and UPS's backed by rusty generators. > > Well this is one, and I have only been on this planet 20 years and have > seen 2 be the failure. I have seen automatic tranfer mechanisms fail but, never the manual portion of the switch. Regards Patrick J. Chicas Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.Off-Road.com -------------------------------- The Off-Road Center of The 'Net! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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