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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: DC power versus AC power
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Michael Painter said: > > > > > >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). << > > 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.... -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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