From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 13 19:36: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from corinth.bossig.com (mail.dohboys.com [208.26.253.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 353B137B6EA for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:36:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kstewart@3-cities.com) Received: from 3-cities.com (kenn3148.bossig.com [208.26.243.148]) by corinth.bossig.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 3.4.7) with ESMTP id ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:45:16 -0800 Message-ID: <38CDB3AE.7C7855CC@3-cities.com> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:36:14 -0800 From: Kent Stewart Organization: BOSSig X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jim C. Nasby" Cc: Brad Knowles , FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: Re: Weirdest crash I ever saw... References: <20000313160932.E40149@enteract.com> <38CDA0A7.91067958@nasby.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Jim C. Nasby" wrote: > > 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. It is also possible that what ever has messed up the ground could also be causing cause the crash. Kent > > > 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 > > -- > 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 -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ Home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message