From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 6 19:17:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA13205 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 19:17:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA13177 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 19:17:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA00278; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 22:16:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199803070316.WAA00278@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: SCSI Bus redundancy... In-Reply-To: from Chuck Robey at "Mar 6, 98 09:51:41 pm" To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 22:16:33 -0500 (EST) Cc: karl@mcs.net, shimon@simon-shapiro.org, tlambert@primenet.com, dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk, wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, julian@whistle.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.at From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chuck Robey said: > > Of course, their equipment does largely run on 48V nominal (which usually > means around 55-56 V in fact, else the battery plant'd not ever get > charged). Getting buzzed with 48V is nothing, even with 1500 Amps behind > it, I've been bitten countless times. Ringing battery is _much_ more > painful! Old style teletype, at polar +- 130V, would _really_ wake you > up (thank god that was interrupted). > Getting buzzed isn't the problem with 48V and mega-amps. It is any kind of metal jewelery melting and burning off skin :-(. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message