Chuck McManis wrote:

> [sad tale deleted.]
> 
> So did you try plugging your dryer back in? Does it still work? You may
> have popped the circuit breaker on your house. But even so this didn't
> sound like a very good "experiment" to begin with...

Well, well, of course it did not pop the breaker and everything. And
I don't think it was a fundamentally flawed experiment. We have had
several exchanges on this list where we gathered a lot of theoretical
evidence for that it might very well work through 220 V. And Geoff in
Aussiland runs his 6000 on 220 V for several months if not years now.
Besides, it would seem a very stange AC power unit that would first work
and then blow up because of too low a voltage. No, I think there is 
some more detailed mistake in all of this.

Paul Thompson wrote:
> >From VAX 6000 series owner's manual, Controls and Indicators 3-11:
> 
> "Fault Red On Self test is in progress. If light does not turn off, system
> has a hardware fault. See Chapter 6 for self test information."
> 
> "Fault    Off  Self test has completed or the system is turned off"

yes, but how long does that take? And will this ever succeed in 
autoboot mode without a useful device to boot from? Guess I should
have put the switch into Update mode.
 
> Chapter 6 says:
> 
> "All (XMI) modules have yellow LEDs on the outer edge of the module that
> light when the module passes self test."

sheesh, I should have opened the front door too to see those lights.

> Most other test results are reflected on the console output.  I could not
> find any DTE DCE references in the manual.
> 
> I imagine that you are correct that your problem lies in the power
> disttribution.
> 
> The H405E and H405F power controllers are listed as three phase.  Could
> this part part of your problem?  A dryer plug typically is two phase.

Yes but Geoff runs his on 220 V single phase as well. And that was
exactly what I emulated: 220 V single phase (by not connecting the
NULL wire.) Besides mine was working for some time, at least doing
its selftest thing.

Do you have a 6000? How long is your fault light on if in autoboot
without a bootable media anywhere? And how do you connect to the
terminal port?

Thanks,
-Gunther

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