Re: Laser printer draws current in a spike, what for?

From: Andrew Gabriel (andrew_at_cucumber.demon.co.uk)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: 31 Aug 2004 00:31:01 GMT

In article <877jrgl7gl.fld@barrow.com>,
        floyd@barrow.com (Floyd L. Davidson) writes:
> andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
>>In article <MMyWVDBvauMBFw+u@jmwa.demon.co.uk>,
>> John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> writes:
>>> According to US sources, problems such as you report never occur, and
>>> they don't need to implement the IEC versions of those ENs as US
>>> standards. So you are actually just imagining the flicker. (;-)
>>
>>The irony is this is quite common in the US, but I've never seen
>>it happening in a 240V country ;-)
>
> Well... obviously the current is halved, but...

And the percentage voltage drop is quartered...

> A laser printer that dims the lights???? Jus how common is
> that, really?

Also, we don't run fixed lighting from same circuits as power
outlets. 

-- 
Andrew Gabriel

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