[GTALUG] mysterious restarts

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:23:02AM -0400, Russell Reiter via talk wrote:
> You don't mention whether or not the system is protected by UPS.
> 
> I live in an area with somewhat spotty electrical service, an older
> building near the exhibition grounds. When they liven up the CNE
> grounds in the spring, I experience brown-outs quite often.

That sounds fun.

> Most recently the city has replaced the streetcar overhead wires and
> de-energized and re-energized the system, both times I had spontaneous
> reboots. One of the TTC engineers told me the new streetcars require
> more voltage and they are replacing the wires with heavier gauge ones
> throughout the city.

You only get to run one voltage on the system.  They might require more
current though, and thicker wires would help with that.

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Len Sorensen