Path: ...!feed.opticnetworks.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mike Spencer Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about Date: 21 Jun 2024 04:20:14 -0300 Organization: Bridgewater Institute for Advanced Study - Blacksmith Shop Lines: 20 Sender: mds@enoch.nodomain.nowhere Message-ID: <87jziihidt.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere> References: Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:20:15 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9e0c3503d421a02037c4608ecd25f083"; logging-data="3206003"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18TyIZP+xqNXcou3eQsC/fUcQEYMbTOO7U=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:NLcxIdUs+kBfLN7IF3VwcPji7tw= X-Clacks-Overhead: 4GH GNU Terry Pratchett X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Bytes: 1947 Paul S Person writes: > I once was in a situation where every time the Refrigerator (in > another room, but on the same circuit) powered up, the computer > rebooted. This gets very old very fast, but illustrates that even your > home wiring can misbehave and affect what you have plugged in. Your very old fridge, rated at 750 watts, draws around 1500 watts to start, maybe more and for longer if in deteriorating condition. Thus unknown the duration and size of the voltage drop. My attention was called to this when, over a decade ago, our 40 y.o. fridge worked fine until I tried to run it on a 1500 watt genset after a storm when the main gen set had failed. It bogged the generator down severly when starting. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada