From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 13 15:50: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from morpheus.skynet.be (morpheus.skynet.be [195.238.2.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3E2937B555 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:49:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blk@skynet.be) Received: from [195.238.24.123] (dialup1204.brussels.skynet.be [194.78.232.180]) by morpheus.skynet.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1EE1CB80; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:49:50 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: blk@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20000313160932.E40149@enteract.com> References: <20000313160932.E40149@enteract.com> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:46:43 +0100 To: jim@nasby.net, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Weirdest crash I ever saw... Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 4:09 PM -0600 2000/3/13, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > Speaking as a BSEE, the 240V 'leak' is either due to the building wiring or > due to very poor design (or both). If possible, try plugging both >the computer > and the RAID array into the same outlet (I don't know if your in the US or > not, so I don't know if your standard voltage is 120V or 240V). I'm in Belgium, so standard is 240VAC @ 50Hz. > In any case, I would very strongly suggest you find the problem and fix it, > as it could prove to be fatal. Fatal to me, or fatal to the equipment? I've already had a number of unpleasant shocks, but so far nothing has been more than unpleasant. Interestingly, there was a small amount of leakage even when both systems were turned off and I touched both the case of the Comparex D1400 (Hitachi DF400) and a grounding pin on the same power strip that the drive array is plugged into, which I have to assume comes from the internal batteries in the array. If we're talking about fatal to the equipment, that's a much more serious issue. ;-) -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels http://www.skynet.be || Belgium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message