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Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement
From: Mike Hughes <mike () smashing net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:27:33 +0100
John Levine wrote:
In addition to all of the offered AC services others have mentioned, some planes have power outlets for vacuum cleaners, typically behind a small panel next to a door.ISTR, these AC sockets are "airplane flavour" 115VAC @ 400Hz.No. it's 60 Hz. See this picture of one of the outlets. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/25645286/ and this page from Qantas web site http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying/inTheAir/communications Don't you think that airlines would be smart enough not to install power outlets that would destroy the equipment that the customers plug into them?
I don't think the earlier poster was referring to the sockets you as a member of the travelling public are invited to use - i.e. the ones which are in your seat and labelled. Those *are* converted to 110V @ 60Hz.
These are occasional sockets, discreetly mounted at floor level, usually just forward of a door, often have a flip-up cover, for plugging in bits of airline equipment.
Mike
Current thread:
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement, (continued)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Colin Johnston (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Roland Perry (Oct 16)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Mike Hughes (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement John Levine (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Kevin Day (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Stephen Sprunk (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Christian Kuhtz (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Owen DeLong (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Roland Dobbins (Oct 15)
- Re: Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement micky coughes (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Mike Hughes (Oct 16)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Rich Fulton (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 16)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Todd Underwood (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Alexander Harrowell (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Roland Dobbins (Oct 14)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Christian Kuhtz (Oct 15)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Robert E . Seastrom (Oct 13)
- Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement Fearghas McKay (Oct 13)