Re: iSeries Legends

[Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The super happened to have a thermometer for sticking into duct work, and
that went to the top and pinned over it's max of either 130 or 135.
Frankly, I don't remember.  The was the Monday after Christmas, 1999.

Al

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midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/24/2003 04:55:12 PM:

> Hi Pat,
>
> Perhaps "fried" was a little too colorful.  The CE replaced a board that
he
> said was heat damaged.
>
> Neil Palmer says the allowable operating temperature range is 50'F to
100'F.
> So if it was running at 140'F, why didn't the "high heat" protection shut
it
> down?  Failure of the protective circuitry?  Al?  Was the supers estimate
of
> the room temperature a little too colorful?  Did you get a bloody nose
from
> the heat?
>
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 793-9050 voice
> 909 793-4480 fax
> 909 522-3214 cell
>
> From: "Pat Barber"
> > Sounds good but very unlikely from any heat damage. The S/36 like all
> > IBM systems other than pc's has "high heat" protection and will shut
> > down before any damage occurs. Any heat high enough to damage the S/36
> > would have destroyed most plastic objects and curled the flooring.
> >
> > The only thing that will "fry" a system is the dreaded direct
> > "lightning strike" on a building with the system not protected
> > by decent UPS system.
>
>
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