AC power on front panels

Pete Turnbull pete at dunnington.plus.com
Tue Jan 17 02:06:05 CST 2006


On Jan 16 2006, 13:59, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> On Monday 16 January 2006 04:09, Gooijen, Henk wrote:

> > I always pull the plugs on my PDP-11s, because the small
> > transformer in the power controller is always connected.
>
> You could also just flip off the breaker on the power controller,
which
> disconnects everything* in the PCU from the mains.
>
> * Except for the EMI filter, inlet power cable, plug from the wall,
etc. :)

I've had to repair 861 power controllers twice in the last ten years or
so -- once was indeed the EMI filter :-)

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
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						University of York



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