What? The internet works fine during an outage, that's the reason for the
UPS (assuming VOI has enough battery capacity at their end).


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Aemilianus Kehler <[email protected]>wrote:

> One thing I don't get, is what's the point of having a UPS on the main
> router and wifi if the Internet doesn't work during an outag
>
> Cheers!!
>
> On Oct 14, 2013, at 3:00 AM, Colin Stanners <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Updates:
>
> I installed new batteries (Thanks Alex, Sean, Ron for the $ for those) so
> now all working UPSes have new or recent batteries. We have a total of
> 4600VA of UPS capacity; ~2500W usable.
>
> Our servers run ~1300W so that gives us at least 5 minutes of backup time
> (tested tonight). I heard the "batteries are dying" constant beep from one
> or two UPSes early so those need to be recalibrated for their new
> batteries' longer runtime. After that and organizing the load I hope to
> have 7-10 minutes runtime for the servers; I believe we have ~30min runtime
> for the main wifi and internet connection necessities.
>
> Of concern is we're on a standard 1800W electrical circuit - if we get any
> more servers we'll need to ask an electrician to install more outlets at
> the panel (including a higher-amperage L5-30 if we get the Pulsar working).
> Also next summer we'll need to look at getting an openable window due to
> heat.
>
> Todo: testing/activating the Pulsar 3200 and configuring USB/serial
> monitoring.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Colin Stanners <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I'd like to use a linux box with a few USB ports (or just one, I can put
>> a hub) and possibly a serial port to setup monitoring for all the Sksp
>> UPSes. If someone has time to do that and report the data to a web
>> interface please let me know.
>>
>> APC Back-UPS ES 500 (recent batteries, powers radios and routers)
>> APC Smart-UPS 1500 (batteries look good, 08/11)
>> APC Back-UPS XS 1000 (may need new batteries)
>> APC Back-UPS XS 1000 (Sean just put in new batteries)
>> APC Smart-UPS 600 (bats seem dead, need to move Mak's server and bitcoin
>> miner off it)
>> MGE Pulsar EX 3200RT (reports error so not currently used, I haven't had
>> time to troubleshoot)
>>
>>
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