On May 27, 2009, at 4:54 AM, insightinmind wrote:
> > I thought I read somewhere that this could cancel some protective > measure of a power strip ... or introduce some kind of electrical > noise into a line ... maybe that was only for audio equipment? ... The rule of thumb is there because you can easily overload a circuit or a UPS'es rated capacity this way, but this rule of thumb was in the day when everything you plugged in was a significant current draw (like audio equipment). This is a convenient way of managing the proliferation of discrete, low current devices of today, that ever-growing collection of power bricks. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
