--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> > I wanted to conduct some survey of the common practices (which
> > may or may not be good practices) to powering your very own mini
> > and maxi big iron in your home....
>
> Well, the biggest I've got in our apartment is my PDP-11/73, and a
> couple of PDP-8's. They're small enough they plug into a normal wall
> socket. ..
I have two boxes at home that will not power off of a normal wall socket.
My recently-aquired DEC 4000 has a 20A NEMA plug (blades are like (- |)
not (| |), and my VAX 8200 has a 30A Twist-n-Lock.
Long ago, I stole the dual breaker slot from the electric stove (I have a
gas stove; the kitchen is plumbed for either) and replaced it with two
singles. One single is a 30A that runs to a Twist-n-Lock in a box next
to the breaker panel. To power the Alpha, I just unplugged everything
from the power sequencer in the BA32 cabinet (the other end of that 30A
cable) and plugged the Alpha into it (the sequencer _has_ 20A 110V
plugs (-| |) I just run one CPU or the other. If I need to run both,
I suppose I'll go to Lowes and get a 20A duplex outlet and wire it
into its own 20A breaker (not off a branch circuit).
My house only has a 100A feed from the pole - it's a 90-year-old house
that used to have a printing press in the garage, so the garage took
100A from the pole, and the house took 100A from the pole. The garage
was torn down before I bought the place :-( but it had its own electric
meter. Now it's a blank plate, but the house is still stuck with 100A
unless I cared to activate (and fully wire) the second meter.
I need a gas dryer now. :-)
-ethan
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Received on Wed Jun 05 2002 - 12:49:34 BST