[rescue] I just saw this from an old SGI page... it has me sl ightly worried since...

[Fogg, James]

Ferroresonant transformers are much better for feeding fluctuation sensitive
stuff. Input on mine says 75~140 volts input, output 110 volts +/- 1 volt.
And I have tested it on a very loaded circuit with an A/C on the same
branch. Lights would dim when the A/C compressor kicked in and the output of
the ferro was rock solid.

Since ferros are fairly unknown beasts, they can be found at surplusers
cheaply.

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: Andrew Weiss [mailto:ajwdsp at cloud9.net]
~ Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 5:52 PM
~ To: rescue at sunhelp.org
~ Subject: [rescue] I just saw this from an old SGI page... it has me
~ slightly worried since...
~ 
~ 
~ I have no UPS for this thing, and I have no AC
~ 
~ --------------------------------------------------------------
~ ----------
~ One of my sources, who owns a home Onyx, says that the 
~ beast's appetite
~ for electricity costs about $ 80-100 a month. He also notes that power
~ requirements should include air conditioning; the system gets 
~ a bit sickly
~ at temperatures above 80 degrees.
~ 
~ It is technically illegal to run an Onyx at home (thus the source's
~ anomynity) due to radio interference regulations. The source 
~ notes no such
~ problems with his system, but of course your mileage may vary.
~ 
~ Your Onyx will be horribly sensitive to power fluctuations, 
~ so you'll need
~ a high-quality UPS for it to survive more than a few weeks. Don't even
~ think of buying spare parts.
~ --------------------------------------------------------------
~ ------------
~ 
~ Andrew
~ 
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