RE: blood irradiators

["Boyce, Dale" <DBoyce@intiso.com>]

Sorry about that ....

For under $200 you can get a UPS from about ant computer store, or you can
construct one from a portable jump start pack from an automotive store and a
power invertor from Radio Shack or Brookstone.  The second solution is handy
when your car won't start during those cold Chicago winters Irecently moved
away from.

Dale
dboyce@intiso.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	FISHER Spencer -NUCLEAR
> [SMTP:spencer.fisher@ontariopowergeneration.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 21, 1999 7:25 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	blood irradiators
> 
> The power is only needed to run the timer and the turntable. The current
> drain is only about 1 amp. This will have no effect on your generators.
> Your
> refrigerators etc must be on emergency power. And the irradiator is only
> powered when it is being used. So if worst came to worst, you could unplug
> something else, and plug the irradiator in.
> You could buy a UPS for a couple of hundred dollars, which would keep you
> going for a while. In fact, the computer people at your institution should
> have spare UPS around.
> And speak to the manufacturer of your blood irradiator. They must have
> some
> solutions.
> Spencer M. Fisher
> Responsible Health Physicist-
> Radioisotope/Radiography Licensing and Permits
> Ontario Power Generation
> 1549 Victoria St. E.
> Whitby, Ont.
> L1N 9E3
> Phone (905) 430-2215 ext. 3290
> 
> 
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