On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Peter Galbavy wrote:
> > Matthew Zito wrote: > > This is marginally related to the power discussions earlier, but does > > anyone know of a product that steps up 120V AC to 220V AC and is > > reasonably datacenter-friendly? We're looking at an environment where > > there's no 220V available - but we only need ~7 amps so conversion > > could be possible to my high-school-physics mind. I've found some > > products that seem to be appropriate, but they're geared towards a > > more industrial purpose. Is there a rackmount 120->220V converter > > that people out there have used and would recommend? > > My suggestion, which I have never tried, is to get a UPS with the right > wattage and that support 240V out but variable (90V-300V) input. Just a > thought. Depends on your hardware obviously but I suspect it'll be cheaper to replace the PSU with one of the same voltage as the supply than messing with ups etc Steve > PS Please don't make the mistake that a certain US supplier made with kit > shipped to UK and specify 16A connectors which required special wiring (over > standard 13A in the UK) as at 240V the current is lower by 240/110 :) > Measure watts, not amps. Unless you have a weird PSU of course. > > Peter > >
