semi-OT: power requirements

[Kevin Cozens]

ted leslie wrote:
> Then one day perhaps a year later, you have a power outage,
> and then for the first time all those machines start up at 
> exactly the same time, and all the HD load up (on power) at the same time,
> and pop goes the breaker(s)

That's also one of the reasons why it is good to turn off some 
equipment/appliances/lights when hit by a power failure to reduce 
initial hydro load when the power is restored.
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