Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Mr tirveni yadav
--- Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > need your immediate advise and suggestions please. > to power lights and fans for a rating of about 1KVA > to 1.5KVA, should > i go in for an online UPS or the new crop of > pure-sinewave inverters? > Have been using APC HI800SQ since April 2007. Due

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Sudev Barar
On 06/09/07, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since then we have switched to APC UPS on all applications that need > > 24 hour on time and with no external batteries. Some of these have > > been in service for long time without problem. It is better to use a > > small genset in tandem wi

Re: [ilugd] Update on RGF-Sarai FLOSS fellowships

2007-09-06 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 17:42 +0530, Gora Mohanty wrote: > Hello all, > > Firstly my apologies for the delay in getting the applications > sorted out. This was largely due to my taking up too many > things at the same time. The good news is that we are finishing > an internal short list within the

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
On 9/6/07, Dileep M. Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/6/07, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > this UPS was used to power lights and fans, like an inverter. > > inductive load on UPS ? IAC, that should not be done. > it is not an offline UPS, but an online UPS, can handle inducti

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Dileep M. Kumar
On 9/6/07, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this UPS was used to power lights and fans, like an inverter. inductive load on UPS ? IAC, that should not be done. -- eMail: dileep.kumarayil (at) gmail.com www: http://www.symonds.net/~dileep/ blog: http://www.kumarayil.blogspot.com "Valu

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Ajay Kumar
> more specific questions: > how old is your luminous? is it an invertor? > Not very old. +2 years. > what kind of load have you connected to it? lights, fans, comps? > 1100 W of fans, exhausts, comps and lighting - relatively stable load of about 600-700 W at power factors of about 0.6-0.7

[ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, just discovered this, thought it worthy to share with you: "Things can be copyrighted, thoughts cannot be copyrighted, and certainly meditations cannot be copyrighted. They are not things of the marketplace. Nobody can monopolize anything. But perhaps the West cannot understand the di

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
dear sudev, thanks for your response. > > My office in Okhla had a fire four odd years back due to overheated > UPS left on by a user. As one of the UPS manufacturer was a tenant > downstairs I could get the following explanation: The issue is that > all UPS heat up when "inverting" supply. Over a

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
dear ajay, thanks so much for your response. On 9/6/07, Ajay Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been using a Luminous inverter (1.8 KVA) and had no specific > troubles until I neglected checking the batteries for evaporated water. > It so happens that all this current passing through the ba

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread das দাশ
On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 12:12 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > i have a 15 year old ups that stopped working about 5 years ago - > can > anyone advise me on how to get it to work again? > In 'Armageddon' (or maybe 'Deep Impact' or something else) one Russian astro-scientist suggested something li