New DEC museum entry :D

Tony Duell ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
Wed Feb 21 18:35:23 CST 2007


> It's done the same on 2 different breakers, one is a 100A one running my
> whole house (only a fridge, Mac Mini and hi-fi physically on) and the other
> is an 80A one at work with nothing else on it.

And the mains plug fuse doesn't blow? This does not sound like an 
overcurrent fault to me. Is the 100A breaker an RCD type of thing? 
(actually, it sounds like a 100A-rated RCD used as a main switch in the 
consumer unit to me, those are _not_ 100A breakser and will not trip on 
over-current, just on earth leakage).

[...]

> Well, the machine works until the pop, unless the RD52 is pulling too much
> but in that case I'd expect the PSU breaker to pop first. It'd be nice to

Actually, I'd expect the PSU to go into overcurrent shutdown mode or 
something. In gneral, the input circuit breaker only trips if there's a 
failure i nthePSU iteslf. Any problem with the load will shut the supply 
down with no other effects

-tony




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