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Re: Eaton 9130 UPS feedback
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike A)
Tue Nov 13 15:27:37 2012
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:27:19 -0600
From: Mike A <mikea@mikea.ath.cx>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <50A2A696.7070403@rollernet.us>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:59:18AM -0800, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> Does anyone use Eaton 9130 series UPS for anything? I'm curious how
> they've worked out for you.
>
> I bought a 700VA model to give it a whirl versus the traditional APC
> since the Eaton is an online type with static bypass and also does some
> high efficiency thing where it normally stays on bypass, but the first
> thing it did on the bench was have the inverter/rectifier or bypass
> section catch on fire and destroy itself.
Was this the 2U rackmount form factor, or the tower?
Either way, I hope that you will pursue this with APC tech support. That's
a pricey piece of gear, and it shouldn't toast itself at any time.
--
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin
