3-phase (was: Re: CDC 9766 Drive and packs)

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Wed Feb 3 18:04:58 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Fandt <cfandt_at_netsync.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, 4 February 1999 3:29
Subject: Re: 3-phase (was: Re: CDC 9766 Drive and packs)


Except Jamestown, we pay only $0.03565 per KWH :-)

Lucky boy. We pay 12 cents a KWH in this part of Oz.
Most people with serious heating needs opt for natural gas.
Mind you, we don't need heat as much anyway, but an airconditioner of
reasonable size can cost upwards of 20c an hour to run, and in summer
(like now) we need it. Might have to emigrate....:^)
3 phase is uncommon outside industrial sites. ETSA (Electricity Trust
of South Australia) will only install it if you can prove you need it.
415v 3 phase, that is. Some (all electric) homes may have a couple of
seperate 240vac single phase circuits that are fed from seperate phases,
but even that's unusual.

Cheers

Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
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