[nsp] 7500 AC Power Cords

[jlewis at lewis.org]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Simon Lockhart wrote:

> On Mon Mar 29, 2004 at 10:28:49PM +0300, Konstantin Barinov wrote:
> > Also curious, why did they engineer such strange sockets?
>
> They have a higher power rating than normal IEC. The notch is to stop you
> plugging in the lower-rated normal IEC connectors.

Was that because the old full length cards were more efficient heaters
than the VIPs?  We've measured the input current on a 7507, and it was
nowhere near the power supply's capacity.  That was with dual RSP4 and 5
VIP2-50s.

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