[157875] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Eaton 9130 UPS feedback
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blake Dunlap)
Tue Nov 13 16:21:35 2012
In-Reply-To: <20121113202718.GA43910@mikea.ath.cx>
From: Blake Dunlap <ikiris@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:20:35 -0600
To: Mike A <mikea@mikea.ath.cx>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
As a side note, how do you call a UPS "online" if it stays on bypass most
of the time, and throws out of "bypass" to go to battery?
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Mike A <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
> 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
>
>
