[4134] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MAE-East still no generator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick J. Chicas)
Sun Sep 8 02:26:16 1996
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 20:24:48 -1000 (HST)
From: "Patrick J. Chicas" <pjc@off-road.com>
To: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
cc: Stephen Stuart <stuart@pa.dec.com>, alan@gi.net, perry@piermont.com,
asp@partan.com, nathan@netrail.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199609080542.BAA26472@netaxs.com>
On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Avi Freedman wrote:
> DC power is provided at all MFS facilities I'm aware of; the rub is
> that most of our gear is AC. Does anyone know of inverters that take
> MFS's -48dc (with what I'm told is 'positive-ground' power) and convert
> it to 110vac? If not, we're probably going to have to build our own
> battery rack and/or stick a generator on the roof at one of our MFS
> colo sites.
Lorian Power Systems, Lorain OH. makes fine DC-AC inverters. I have 2
10kva boxes in my shop. Turn 'em on and forget about it. They make
smaller ones down to 1.5kva. Watch MFS's power surcharges though.
> Avi
>
Patrick J. Chicas
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