Yeah APC goes above a lot of the time if it is something real strange. Like a battery that explodes inside the unit after a lightening hit. They seem to really care about how their products do in the strange and unusual.
Jon On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:49 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > No... I was the one who had to console the poor student (giving the melted > mass time to cool down) and then contact APC. > > You'd not believe it, but APC actually wanted to look at the unit to see > why the breaker did not trip. They actually replaced it with a new one! > > Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote on 08/03/2010 12:17:37 PM: > > > > Personal mishap, Richard? > > > > >>> <[email protected]> 8/3/2010 10:06 AM >>> > > Don't plug space heaters into them, either! > > > > David Lum <[email protected]> wrote on 08/03/2010 12:01:04 PM: > > > > > - do not plug surge protectors into a UPS. If they UPS runs on > > > batteries it will usually generate a step sine wave which may > > > destroy surge protectors (in particular tricky to find power strips > > > without surge protector) > > > > > > http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9319 > > > > > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > > > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > > > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
