"It causes no end of fun when people and businesses move, or "consultants" forget to check the supply at the actual site."
A new mainframe was delivered to a UK customer. Due to long UK production delays it was decided to import a USA market version. The customer was very pleased it had finally arrived.
The supplier's engineers commissioned it OK with a 110V transformer lashed into the 240V mains supply. They then left the customer's electricians to integrate the transformer into their infrastructure.
After switch on the next day it was discovered that the customer's electricians had wired the transformer the wrong way round.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
