Unnamed Administration sources reported that jmheinz said: > > OK, Larry, > > I Gotta ask, > Why the 100 watt light bulb in series ??? > > > > several years ago, we had a customer loose a 12" water > > main (fire sprinkler main). a fully loaded dual d1232 > > was totally flooded. luckily, the power was > > immediately cut. we arrived 1 hour later, pulled the > > systems, completely disassembled all boards. washed > > all boards in clean water, then removed all loose > > water with an air hose, then dried the boards with > > hair driers. reassembled, used a 100 watt bulb in > > series with ac power and powered up. one cabinet was > > dead (no power light) but the other was trying to boot > > up. removed 100 watt bulb and that box came up. > > after removing all power supply connections, it was > > obvious the power supply wasn't working. we pulled > > power module and disassembled, there was standing > > water. did same as we did to the other boards > > (above), and power supply came to life and cabinet > > booted. we then pulled supply module in the box that > > did work and totally cleaned it too. took 12 hours, > > but system is working fine today, 8 years later.
Limit the current in case there's still something damp. But I'd be using a 40W. -- A host is a host from coast to [EMAIL PROTECTED] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
