RE: Why choose 120 volts?

["Kurt Anderson" <kurt () honeycomb net>]

Why stop there? Grab a 20,000 volt feeder and create a Tesla datacenter.
Think of all the copper you will save...

-----Original Message-----
From: telmnstr () 757 org [mailto:telmnstr () 757 org] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:16 PM
Cc: nanog () nanog org
Subject: RE: Why choose 120 volts? 

> > Oh, yeah! Nothing sounds like more fun than working in a room full of
> > 480 or 600 delta. I LIKE neutrals. (Sort of like I like continuing to
> > have a functioning heart.)
> Nobody said delta.

If you just run 7200vac into your 1u chinese made peecee servers, then
you 
can eliminate the space use of the step-down transformer in the
mechanical 
room.