[164055] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PDU recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan - Lists)
Mon Jun 24 14:42:16 2013
In-Reply-To: <20130624101008.GA9807@besserwisser.org>
From: Ryan - Lists <rlambert.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:41:44 -0400
To: =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=A5ns_Nilsson?= <mansaxel@besserwisser.org>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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Does anyone on list have experience with the APC AP7920 switched rack PDU, o=
r any of the horizontal rack mountables with management? We're looking at th=
ese for our remote sites.
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On Jun 24, 2013, at 6:10 AM, M=C3=A5ns Nilsson <mansaxel@besserwisser.org> w=
rote:
> Subject: Re: PDU recommendations Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 09:32:00PM -04=
00 Quoting shawn wilson (ag4ve.us@gmail.com):
>> So, that's not a very good endorsement :)
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>> Idk why you'd use a fuse in a PDU.
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> MCB units age. Especially with vibration. A 10A MCB becomes a 9A MCB aft=
er some miles.=20
>=20
> Fuses don't.=20
>=20
> MCB units are good at protecting people since they trip quickly and aggres=
sively.=20
>=20
> Fuses tend to linger before blowing, and thus are comparatively bad at pro=
tecting
> people (longer shock) but better at protecting infrastructure (surge
> and switch-on-transient resistance).
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> --=20
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