On 1/25/2015 6:27 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-01-25 22:06, John Wilson wrote:
From: Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net>
Is your "lab" in your dining room?
That's where all the 20A outlets are! (For hot plates etc. I guess, but
also good for soldering irons and twist-lock adapters within reason.)
What? Don't all houses have lots of 3-phase 16A 410V? :-)
(OK, so I did pick mine with a twisted mind, but sadly I then moved to another country and
all my computers in Sweden are just sitting there powered off..)
Johnny
I am lucky, when we rented the house we are in, I asked and got permission from the
landlord to run 3 30A 120V lines to the basement. Each line (at the time) had 1 APC 3000
UPS attached and these powered (at various times) my collection of Alphas, Integrities and
one MicroVAX and their attendant storage. Heat during the summer ended up being my main
enemy. In the winter I just opened up a window and let the cool air in. In the summer
I needed a window A/C unit in the basement right next to the system racks. This pushed
my summer power bill up to the $800/mo range so reluctantly, I shut most down and now only
run them when I have a chance.