[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Why choose 120 volts?

Subject: Why choose 120 volts?
From: kurt at honeycomb.net (Kurt Anderson)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:23:46 -0500
References: Your message of "Tue, 26 May 2009 15:43:20 EDT."<[email protected]><[email protected]><[email protected]> <[email protected]>

Why stop there? Grab a 20,000 volt feeder and create a Tesla datacenter.
Think of all the copper you will save...

-----Original Message-----
From: telmnstr at 757.org [mailto:telmnstr at 757.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:16 PM
Cc: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: RE: Why choose 120 volts? 

>> Oh, yeah! Nothing sounds like more fun than working in a room full of
>> 480 or 600 delta. I LIKE neutrals. (Sort of like I like continuing to
>> have a functioning heart.)
> Nobody said delta.

If you just run 7200vac into your 1u chinese made peecee servers, then
you 
can eliminate the space use of the step-down transformer in the
mechanical 
room.

Follow-Ups:
- Why choose 120 volts?
  - From: barney at databus.com (Barney Wolff)
- Why choose 120 volts?
  - From: jared at puck.nether.net (Jared Mauch)

References:
- Why choose 120 volts?
  - From: alex at corp.nac.net (Alex Rubenstein)
- Why choose 120 volts?
  - From: oberman at es.net (Kevin Oberman)
- Why choose 120 volts?
  - From: alex at corp.nac.net (Alex Rubenstein)
- Why choose 120 volts?
  - From: telmnstr at 757.org (telmnstr at 757.org)

Prev by Date: Why choose 120 volts?
Next by Date: MX Record Theories
Previous by thread: Why choose 120 volts?
Next by thread: Why choose 120 volts?
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread