system/36 awefully quiet...

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Oct 31 23:08:26 2000

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Richard W. Schauer wrote:

> 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

Oh? What is the phase shift between the "2-phase"s? Isn't it really
just 220 volt center tapped?
                                                 - don

> 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
>
>
>
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