DC power versus AC power

Mon Dec 30 00:43:48 UTC 2002

Unnamed Administration sources reported that Michael Painter said:
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> > >But, as Stephen already eluded to... Compared with an AC plant design, to
> me, one of the biggest drawbacks of a DC plant is safety  (I have had to
> kick a fellow worker away from the rack before). <<
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> What was the worker doing?  Is this 48 VDC?

Bet so.

And note, it's not just ISP's, of course. I heard that Sprint
PCS ha[s,d] a Dallas tech in critical condition and a dead switch
after a dropped wrench & resulting fire.

In the words of Phil Esterhaus:

	Let's be careful out there....

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