On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:06:48PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote: > > Yes. a debcamp of users would probably blow some fuse :) Speaking as someone who's held an FRA (US Federal Railroad Administration) crew and fireman cert - it's unlikely, unless you do something that would overload a normal house circuit. Diesel locomotives are a giant diesel generator hooked up to electric traction motors, running through the switchbox at something like 600v (I haven't read the specs in a while, this might be off - but it's high enough to warrant being really careful around). Don't even ask about the amperage. Sapping off a little power to run a few household outlets is, by comparison, peanuts. Or, really, peanut crumbs. Now, just try not to be nervous at the fact that there's a pipe running under your feet pressurized to 90 PSI (at least on standard US trains), and you'll be fine. :) There's a reason they call popping the coupling seals on that line (the fail-safe (full stop) airbrake line) completely (rather than bleeding the air off) 'dynamiting'... -- Joel Baker <fenton@debian.org>
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