Out of curiousity... did anyone suggest you reach down and turn it off? :)
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 4:09 PM, James Hill <falc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not the biggest fan of APC units but I have seen one continue to power > equipment whilst it was standing in 2-3 foot of water. It was beeping as > if > something was wrong though. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, 10 June 2012 5:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Friday (kinda) Funny > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Ben M. Schorr <b...@rolandschorr.com> > wrote: > > I never had to buy one of their proprietary cables - I always got one > > in the box with the unit. That said...considering what I've seen in > > the field between APC and other brands I'd gladly spend the $28 to > > have the reliability and support of APC if I had to. > > I haven't found APC to be anything special. I've had several of their > units drop the load during a self-test. I've had multiple units have the > batteries swell up and get jammed in the chassis, requiring extensive > dismantling to be removed. The LE1200 voltage regulators seem to have a > design flaw where the tap selector relay gets stuck and won't start under > load; their support people will replace the unit if it's under warranty, > but > seem unable to understand the concept of a design flaw. > > Note that I say I haven't found APC to be *special*. That means they're > no better, but also no worse, than any other brand of UPS. > They all seem to suck in various ways. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
