Heads up; Ontario-wide brownout tests Thursday Jan 19

[William Park]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 10:21:19PM -0500, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> On 1/16/06, Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >   A chance to see how well your computers do (or don't) stand up to
> > brownouts.
> >
> >   The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is planning a routine
> > voltage reduction test for Thursday, January 19, 2006.
> >
> >   A province-wide voltage reduction of three per cent will take place
> > between 9:30 am and 11:30 am followed by a five per cent reduction from
> > 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
> >
> >   See http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/media/md_newsitem.asp?newsID=2699 for
> > further details.
> 
> Ok.  Now see, that just makes my heart go all warm n stuff.  I suppose
> it's a good thing they're testing, but you know someone's gunna get
> burnt.  During Winter isn't a pleasant thought, even if it is warmer
> than normal.

I'm not sure how or where +/-6V from wall socket would be relevant.

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