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Is 48V DC at the amps present normallyin switch rooms etc enough to cause electricucian? I have seen bad things with wrenches dropped across batteries even 12 volt car batteries although in this case it was a large battery bank in a submarine but I was curious about the 48V sources in switch rooms. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lesher" <[email protected]> To: "nanog list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 4:43 PM Subject: 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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