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Re: Tolerance of Macs to lowered Voltages

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From: Jeffrey M White
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1989 16:25
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In article <4462@tank.uchicago.edu> ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
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>How robust is the Mac with respect to lower power voltages?  This is the
>scenario: I have an AC unit in the room with my Mac (to keep it, my HD (and
>myself :->) cool on hot days).  It's a cheap AC unit; it stays permanently on. 

  On some recent hot days here in Philadelphia, our line voltage was 
occasionally around 90 volts or lower (low enough that most of the flourescent
lights in our house wouldn't start).  The Mac worked fine.  I wouldn't worry.

						Jeff White
						University of Pennsylvania
						jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
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From: jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey M White)
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