4 Sep
2001
4 Sep
'01
10:17 a.m.
I remember a
couple of months ago there was discussion on
the proper cable for a BA440 power supply (normal North
American three prong power cord but with a notch where it
plugs in to the power supply). Was there a consensus on
the designation (and any place in the US that sell them)?
Here is a copy of a message I sent on 7/22/2001 about this:
They're are three power connectors in the "standard" family as defined
by IEC...a low-, medium-, and high-current version. The low-current
version is the one we're all used to, 10A. The one on some MicroVAX
chassis is the 15A version. The third is a larger one (20A, I think
but I'm not sure) that has three flat pins in a triangular arrangement
but in two parallel planes, with a plain rectangular body. Tey're
found on some larger Cisco routers (7513 for one) and on SGI
Challenge-L systems for example.