Re: BBN (GTE) Suffers another major power problem.

[Nathan Stratton <nathan () netrail net>]

On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Brian Tackett wrote:

> Our solution to this was pretty simple: A gasoline generator and some
> heavy-duty cable :) No idea how that would scale (probably poorly), but at
> least it enabled us to get core services back online.

Try that with 480 volts 3 phase where you need 4 500 MCM cables for each
phase. The nice thing is you can walk in the generator in winter to stay
warm.


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