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Re: Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement

  • From: micky coughes
  • Date: Sun Oct 15 21:53:44 2006
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What time does the 4:20 flight take off?

On 16 Oct 2006 01:21:12 -0000, John Levine <[email protected]> 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?