Re: Dead PM-3 (fwd)

Sherwood Pekelo (spekelo@iav.com)
Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:38:53 -1000 (HST)

On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, MegaZone wrote:

> Once upon a time Stephen Fisher shaped the electrons to say...
> >All the better reason that the PM3 should have dual power supplies like
> >other boxes similar to it.
>
> If it WAS the power supply (it may have been a short on the board, can't
> say until it gets back here) that is the first one I recall in all the time
> I've been here.
>
> Also, some of those other boxes with 2 PS *CANNOT RUN ON ONE*. If one PS
> fails it won't be long until the other cooks itself because it can't run
> the entire box alone.
>
> Two power supplies does not mean redundancy in all cases. Last I heard we
> have the lowest failure rate due to PS failues - redundant supplies or not.

<humor>
*gasp* you mean Livingstons fail 8o
</humor>

don't tell that to my boxes, cause I don't think they know that fact...

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Aloha,

Sherwood