Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: What went wrong
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:04:00
Message-Id: 200701170901.45653.prh@gotadsl.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: What went wrong by David Fellows
1 On Wednesday 17 January 2007 00:45, David Fellows wrote:
2 > On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:04:43 +0000
3 > Peter Humphrey wrote -
4 >
5 > > What's UL?
6 >
7 > Underwriters Laboratories. They test and certify products for electrical
8 > and fire safety and adherence to relevant safety standards and codes.
9 > As far as I know they do not comment on performance. Ie a UL listed
10 > power supply shouldn't electrocute you nor spontaneously combust, but
11 > there are no statements about how well it supplies regulated power to
12 > your motherboard.
13
14 Thanks.
15
16 I don't know of an equivalent to UL over here, but it's a SuperMicro case
17 round a system built by Armari, a reputable workstation builder, so I'm not
18 worried about the quality of the PSU.
19
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21 Rgds
22 Peter
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