Damaged UPS protected equipment
We had a downstream UPS battery drain outage related to improper installation of a new upstream UPS. This resulted in UPS power failure when the batteries drained, after which multiple cameras and other devices did not work. All but one of these power supplies to these devices were fine. I...
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| May 5 2008 8:30 PM GMT
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Data center infrastructure, Data center power supplies, UPS
Modular vs traditional UPS design
We are planning to build a 3500 sq foot data center. One of the options we're looking at is building out the data center in 3 stages, using APC modular UPS and Liebert modular cooling (in addition to the usual CRAC). We're not concerned about the modular cooling, as we know we'll need to due the...
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| Apr 24 2008 6:38 PM GMT
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Almcleod
Data Center, UPS, modular
Power Signaling
I have a single rack with 2 i5's, each of which has dual power supplies. I also have 2 Powerware UPS's in this rack. Each UPS is on a dedicated circuit. The i5 power supplies are split between the UPS's. The issue is that there is only 1 signal cable per UPS, so if there is a power issue on...
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| Apr 17 2008 3:04 PM GMT
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Wpoulin
AS/400, iSeries, i5
Flywheel Energy Storage
Flywheel energy storage systems have been promoted as a more efficient, 'greener' alternative to batteries in data center Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) applications. WIll these devices ever take a significant portion of the market away from the chemical battery industry? Will hybrid systems...
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| Feb 11 2008 2:32 PM GMT
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Ericgallant
Energy Storage, UPS, flywheel
UPS Recommendations
What kind of experience have organizations had with GR and Poerware UPS systems in the 300 - 500 KVA size?
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| Jan 22 2008 4:25 PM GMT
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Petersonge
UPS, GE, Powerware
SMART UPS 1500 SUA 1500
I have a SMART UPS 1500 SUA 1500 and it is emitting a foul smell like rotten eggs. I took it off line do you think its the battery or the motor?
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| Oct 10 2007 4:23 PM GMT
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Mscann
UPS, Tech support
