I've heard this complaint before, and I wish they would fix it.  He is 
referring to what happens when you actually lose power.  Is it dangerous to 
the library when this happens?

At 04:28 PM 11/30/00 -0800, Joshua Fielden wrote:
> > When power is dropped, the arm free falls to the bottom with the only 
> drag being
> > that of the pulleys.   It would've been nice if the arm had been better 
> counter
> > weighted or had some kind of brake to support it's weight in the power off
> > situation, at least nicer than hearing that unsettling whine followed by a
> > thunk.
>
>Are you using the 'shutdown' procedure from the panel, or just pulling 
>power after the JB is quieted?

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