Re: Model 320 questions

Thanks Larry! The house I'm in was built in 1947, so I'm not so sure about the "average wall outlet"; when I had central hvac installed, they added a 100-amp circuit to handle it. But I'm optimistic. I have a 170 with expansion chassis running with no problem; what's the equivalent startup amp draw for that?

Larry Bolhuis wrote:

Don't worry about the 74A rating as that's 'Inrush' current and only happens when the power supplies are connected to power for about the first 1 cycle. (Check any circuit breaker and you'll see they are rated for 10,000A for 1 cycle to allow for such things.) The actual amp draw on 110V would be about 8 (ish) if the thing is fully packed and about 4 on 220v. Nothing at all to be concerned about - you can safely plug the thing into any average wall outlet - just not the one the hair dryer is plugged into. :-)

BTUs as I mentioned before is a max of 2867 but again that's fully packed and populated with 4 processors, max memory and an IXS card. You'll likely see 1/2 to 2/3rds of that.
- Larry

Read all about it here: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/hw/index.jsp?topic=/iphad/i820.htm (And it's a shorter link too!)
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Thanks Pat -- that's one heck of a link (lengthwise that is). It says
it can operate on 110-220VAC and uses 0.862 kVA, and says the starting
current is 74A. Looks like I'd need a new circuit for that. No mention
of BTUs.

Pat Barber wrote:

Not that old..

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss?DocURL=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sm/5/897/ENUS9406-_h05/index.html&InfoType=DD&InfoSubType=SM&InfoDesc=HW+%26+SW+Desc+%28Sales+Manual%2C+RPQ%29&panelurl=index.wss%3Fbuttonpressed%3DDET001PT116%26page%3D1000%26paneltext1%3DDET001PEF012%26user%2Btype%3DEXT&paneltext=HW%20&%20SW%20desc%20(Sales%20manual,%20RPQ)

and it supports current releases.


Peter Dow (ML) wrote:

Ok, sorry for the misinformation.

Model number . . . . . : 820
Processor feature . . : 24AC

Auxiliary storage:
System ASP . . . . . . : 527.4 G
% system ASP used . . : 85.8130
Total . . . . . . . . : 527.4 G

That also explains why I couldn't find model 320 in the info center --
too old.

So what's the story on the 820?