Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:15:03 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Weirdest crash I ever saw... Message-ID: <38CDA0A7.91067958@nasby.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003131441160.29512-100000@barricuda.bsd.nws.net> <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003131500150.30628-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> <20000313160932.E40149@enteract.com> <v0422081ab4f32dbcaf01@[195.238.24.123]>
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Brad Knowles wrote: > > 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 Yes, and yes. > number of unpleasant shocks, but so far nothing has been more than > unpleasant. Interestingly, there was a small amount of leakage even What is currently (no pun intended) no more than unpleasant could easily turn lethal depending on what's going on. > 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. Batteries or no, you shouldn't have been able to feel anything that way. Sounds like there's something wrong with the equipment. I still wouldn't rule out the building wiring either. > 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, <blk@skynet.be> || 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 -- Jim C. Nasby (aka Decibel!) /^\ jim@nasby.net /___\ Freelance lighting designer and database developer / | \ Member: Triangle Fraternity, Sports Car Club of America /___|___\ Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Get paid to surf!! http://www.enteract.com/~nasby/alladvantage.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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