[AusNOG] Junior techs

[Andrew Oskam]

Best story yet :P


Andrew Oskam

E  percy at th3interw3bs.net


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On 5/07/10 2:16 PM, Andrew Cox wrote:
> My 2c:
>
> First day on the Job, network engineer was busy and asked me to go
> vacuum out around the test bench area.
> Got out vacuum cleaner, plugged into one of the red power points on the
> desk, powered up vacuum cleaner...
>
> .. looked on in horror as the power to the 2 racks behind me went off
> and everything went silent.
>
> Summary: Learnt how the coloured power points were hooked up to the UPS
> system and plugging a 3000W vacuum cleaner into them doesn't work so well.
>
> - Andrew
>
> P.S. Karl .. I still have a server rack in my bedroom. :-P
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