Honestly isn't this something the Underwriters Laboratory would be interested in since they certify these units?
On 7/28/2010 8:44 AM, jp wrote: > I've had the 2u rackmount APCs eventually get hot and overcharge the > battery. They'd be quite warm with little or no load, and the batteries > would bulge. This is in 72f datacenter. They last much shorter in 95 > degree heat in my opinion. When it happens, we pull them out of service > and use a tripplite APS. For small cheap UPSs we get a APC backups or > tripplite or whatever is onsale at staples. > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:29:26AM -0600, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > >> It is getting ready to fail. I have had two APCs that got hot and >> failed soon after. One made for an awful stink in the NOC when it >> finally went. I thought the building was on fire. >> >> Matt Larsen >> vistabeam.com >> >> On 7/27/2010 7:39 PM, Forbes Mercy wrote: >> >>> One of my UPS's at a house/tower was chirping, I sent a technician to >>> pull the unit in for testing. It was so hot that they had to wrap it in >>> towels to move it, it wasn't chirping when he got there. It has a >>> minimum load of about 3-4 amps for a couple Mikrotik and Motorola radios >>> on it with a switch and remote reboot unit. The UPS was in an attic of >>> the house and it is averaging about 95 degrees (we don't have humidity >>> here) outside so I figure over 100 in the attic. I'll let it cool down >>> overnight in the office but my guess is the chirping was a high temp >>> warning, any ideas? >>> >>> SmartAPC Model SUA 750 - about a year old. >>> >>> Forbes >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
