On Dec 17, 2013, at 6:10 AM, Christian wrote: > Charles, > > the unit has two redundant power supplies, with only one hooked up to > the UPS. So I should be able to do a deep test with the machine itself, > right? I have tried it, but it aborts at some point...
It should work, but depending on how the current draw is split between the two supplies, the UPS might not see a constant load (which it needs to conduct an accurate calibration). > For the quick test, it discharges the battery a bit, then recharges, but > once it is back to 100%, upsc still gives me: > > ups.test.result: No test initiated > > Is that expected? Not sure. The quick test might be just verifying that the battery capacity hasn't changed much. (I only have a small Back-UPS, which I don't think has two test modes.) > Best, > > Christian > > Am 17.12.2013 03:55, schrieb Charles Lepple: >> On Dec 8, 2013, at 10:41 PM, Christian wrote: >> >>> test.battery.start.deep - Start a deep battery test >>> test.battery.start.quick - Start a quick battery test >> >> Ideally, you would want to do a deep test with a dummy load, like a >> lamp, so as not to put your server in danger of getting cut off >> again. You can probably do the test.battery.start.quick test with >> the server still plugged into the UPS, though. >> > _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list Nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
