Thanx for the update Benoit.
On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 21:33 +0200, Benoit Marquis wrote: > to my knowledge "real" pure sine wave inverter are extremely costly > and it is always risky to put a machine on a power source that you are > not sure of ... > > > the sensitivity parameter i was talking about has to be set either > manually by a switch on the rear panel or by soft in the configuration > file ... > > > > > 2009/9/22 Rob Gipman <[email protected]> > Maybe a not so good answer but ehh we used/use it on the > towers, ether > switches and remote fiber nodes... > > A small sine wave inverter? Your server is not pulling that > much WATT is > it! > > It will do more than just keep volts flowing and it can > sustain a much > longer time that a UPS never can. > > I have no idea of costs here so don't shoot me because of > that. > > My 2 Amps > > > On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 17:05 +0300, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > Hi, > > > > the BR24BP is indeed an expansion of the RS. Not for just 5 > minutes, but for > > 20. That is quite neat. It comes with a socket & plug > system, rather than a > > wires-hanging-out-soldering system. > > > > Last time I soldered was in secondary. > > > > rgds, > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > Director > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > +256 782 801 749 > > www.mountbatten.net > > > > Be a professional website builder: www.easysites.ug > > > > > > On Tuesday 22 September 2009 16:59:18 Chris Wilson wrote: > > > On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > > > Not sure that was what I wanted to hear. > > > > > > > > Second alternative I have is buying an APC batterypack > for the RS1500. > > > > That would give me 15 more minute which is enough time > for the gennie to > > > > kick in. > > > > > > > > Does anyone know a place in town where they would have > something > > > > advanced as this battery pack? > > > > > > > > > http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BR24BP > > > > > > > > > > > > (looking at the instruction manuals for the 2 UPSs i > have, i just dont > > > > see how I am going to fit the batteries together.) > > > > > > I assume that neither the RS 1500 nor your Smart-UPS is > expandable. In > > > that case you would need to do some soldering to add more > batteries to > > > them. It won't be in the manuals, they don't want you to > do this, they'd > > > rather that you buy a big, shiny, expandable UPS. But if > you're careful > > > about battery voltages and polarities, and the UPS can > handle the load of > > > the attached machines you can add more batteries to it > fairly easily. > > > > > > Cheers, Chris. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not > responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not > responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
