I would. Even if something like that is a 'no no', I can imagine it would disturb APC to no end that it happened without the unit shutting itself off at all.
The closest I had was when I very forcefully explained to the electrician that he could NOT plug his drill into my UPS and he could get a damn extension cord as there were no other outlets available in the server room. We had dedicated plugs to the UPS and a few non-UPS outlets in the toom but they were all in use. He was not our regular guy. Steven On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:49 AM, <richardmccl...@aspca.org> wrote: > > No... I was the one who had to console the poor student (giving the melted > mass time to cool down) and then contact APC. > > You'd not believe it, but APC actually wanted to look at the unit to see why > the breaker did not trip. They actually replaced it with a new one! > > Joseph Heaton <jhea...@dfg.ca.gov> wrote on 08/03/2010 12:17:37 PM: > >> Personal mishap, Richard? >> >> >>> <richardmccl...@aspca.org> 8/3/2010 10:06 AM >>> >> Don't plug space heaters into them, either! >> >> David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote on 08/03/2010 12:01:04 PM: >> >> > - do not plug surge protectors into a UPS. If they UPS runs on >> > batteries it will usually generate a step sine wave which may >> > destroy surge protectors (in particular tricky to find power strips >> > without surge protector) >> > >> > http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9319 >> > >> > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER >> > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION >> > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 >> > >> > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
