system/36 awefully quiet...

From: Richard W. Schauer <rws_at_enteract.com>
Date: Tue Oct 31 22:05:18 2000

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Jim Arnott wrote:

> goes to the frame, it's LIKELY 220/240 single phase. (that's what you

> But then again, we ARE talking about a System 36. Just might be steam
> powered! ;o)

Why is everyone so down on the S/36? It's a great machine that kept many
a business running for years.

The 5360, as well as the 5340 (S/34), are 220 volt single phase (actually
2-phase if you want to be exact). The way I hook mine up is to open the
power plug and take the wires off. You'll find a red, a black, and a
green. Green is ground the world around, and red and black get 220 volts
applied between them. In your house you probably have 110-volt branches
that are on "opposite" sides of the line. In other words, they have 110
volts between either hot and neutral, but 220 volts between the two hots.
Find yourself a suitable 220 volt outlet and do whatever you need to get
it hooked up, either hardwire like I do or get an outlet. The current
draw is about 6 or so amps (I think the label rates it for 8).

BTW the terminals, most (all?) of the printers, and most (all?) of the
tape drives take 110. The printers get fed on a different type of plug
(115V 30A locking as I recall) but it's still 110v.

Richard Schauer
rws_at_enteract.com
Received on Tue Oct 31 2000 - 22:05:18 GMT