Sometimes they also post the minimum, at which a device fails.

This occurred on a circuit the user put a LaserJet, a fax,
a refrigerator, a coffeepot, and an HP2934 printer.

Everytime one of the other devices kicked in, the
HP2934 printer would reset on the down spike, and
the user didn't understand why.

Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors


-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Ashton [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT: rotating blackouts ordered for NorthernCalifornia


Thus it was written in the epistle of Ric Merz,
> If you haven't had experience with electrical work, I don't recommend that
> you get a VOM meter to measure the appliances.  Just look at the labels as
> another poster stated.

Be aware, though, that the label ratings on such things as computer power
supplies are the maximum usage, not the typical.

Ted
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