[rescue] Old PSUs & boards: useful to teach self?

William Enestvedt William.Enestvedt at jwu.edu
Tue Oct 23 11:12:00 CDT 2007


Carl wrote:
>
>     Bleed-down should, in a properly-working PSU (not what you might
> find in "rescue gear" mind you) in a couple of minutes, but wisdom
> dictates that any large capacitor should be avoided until you're
> really sure it's empty.
>
   Well, it's been about two years, so I think I'm safe.

   It sounds like the PSUs are either hazardous nor interesting, so I
will toss them. I might save all the cages, though, so the empty chassis
looks better once I repurpose it.

   And I do appreciate your frankness about cannibalizing this thing.
I'll save the SCSI jumper cables. :7)

- Will
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Will Enestvedt
UIS Database Team Lead & Unix System Administrator
Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI



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