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Date:      Fri, 6 Mar 1998 22:16:33 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey)
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
Subject:   Re: SCSI Bus redundancy...
Message-ID:  <199803070316.WAA00278@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980306214647.438u-100000@localhost> from Chuck Robey at "Mar 6, 98 09:51:41 pm"

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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.

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