On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:14:31 +0000, Ted MacNEIL wrote: >>found a cleaning crew had unplugged the main router and plugged in their >>vacuum cleaner and was cleaning the floors > >Ours (circa 1981) had plugged a vacuum cleaner into the CE service outlet on a >DASD C/U. Lots of equipment checks and a major 7/24* IMS application crash. >Plus recovery time. > Are the similar outlets overload- and surge-protected nowadays? Electric motors can generate some nasty transients. Safest to put the auxiliary outlet on a separate circuit, even bypassing UPS.
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