I love REPC. Addictive place that filled my home with more computers
than a soul can use. Had to junk to when I got Gump. No diesel power
computers there
On Sunday, March 12, 2006, at 06:25 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
Mitch Haley wrote:
David Brodbeck wrote:
Last time I needed a new
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:38:35 -0500 (EST) John W. Reames III
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got it for $1.07 including tax because the guy wanted $200 for shipping
and I could pick it up instead!
Was it an eBay special, with exorbitant shipping to miss the fees?
Craig
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Craig McCluskey wrote:
Was it an eBay special, with exorbitant shipping to miss the fees?
Maybe it was but I'm not so sure.. UPS is exorbitant (I went to UPS, did
not use the ebay tool) when the weight exceeds 120 lbs Since it is
3000VA 208 in/out with 400VA of 120, it
Wow! It takes a LOT to make that 6000 grunt! Of coarse, there are the
plastic wheels - maybe they were grunting. We're just now
decommissioning several 6000s that were full of disks and running
exchange. Real work horses that just kept on going.
and I swear the proliant (6000-old iron but it
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:07:21 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If your SmartUPS is the rack-mount model where the batteries slide in
single-file, I recommend running the PowerChute monitoring software
and replacing the pack at the first sign that the internal temperature
has
Crap - mine is a rack mount - APC 2200 with six or eight batteries
that slide into the case - thigh fit when they're not damaged. My
batteries aren't overheating yet, but they don't provide near the run
time I thought they might. I'll have to check them soon.
I have it wired (with plugs) between
OK Don wrote:
Crap - mine is a rack mount - APC 2200 with six or eight batteries
that slide into the case - thigh fit when they're not damaged.
Yeah, that's a design flaw in most APC UPSs, including a lot of the one-
and two-battery desktop ones. The batteries tend to swell when they
fail,
Mitch Haley wrote:
David Brodbeck wrote:
Last time I needed a new UPS, I went to
RePC and bought two APCs off the as is shelf for $2 each.
Is that in Michigan?
Nope. I'm living in Washington, now. RePC has two outlets, one in
Seattle and one in Tukwila.
Crap - mine is a rack mount - APC 2200 with six or eight batteries
that slide into the case - thigh fit when they're not damaged. My
batteries aren't overheating yet, but they don't provide near the run
time I thought they might. I'll have to check them soon.
I think my 2000 is rated at
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, OK Don wrote:
Crap - mine is a rack mount - APC 2200 with six or eight batteries
that slide into the case - thigh fit when they're not damaged. My
batteries aren't overheating yet, but they don't provide near the run
time I thought they might. I'll have to check them soon.
On Mar 11, 2006, at 6:27 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Nothing stops lightning, but the surge induced by nearby strikes
can possibly be blocked by a (good) surge protector. Close enough,
though, and it either fries the stuff directly, or induces enough
EMF in the cables and such to do harm. _All_
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:00:54 -0500 John Berryman
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On Mar 11, 2006, at 6:27 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Nothing stops lightning, but the surge induced by nearby strikes
can possibly be blocked by a (good) surge protector. Close enough,
though, and it either fries the
They do stand behind their products, though. When I was in Texas, I
bought
off eBay an older model 2 kVA UPS made by APC that could have external
batteries connected to it. I planned on connecting a large set of
batteries and using it as a backup source for our house.
Mine (APC Smart-UPS 2000)
David Brodbeck wrote:
Last time I needed a new UPS, I went to
RePC and bought two APCs off the as is shelf for $2 each.
Is that in Michigan?
If your SmartUPS is the rack-mount model where the batteries slide in
single-file, I recommend running the PowerChute monitoring software and
replacing the pack at the first sign that the internal temperature has
gotten higher than usual.
No, it's the tower job. The batteries are loose in the
On Mar 11, 2006, at 12:39 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote:
John,
What do you use for lightning protection?
You should at least have power and phone/DSL/cable surge protection. A
small UPS would be great, too.
I have several of the APC (American Power Conversion) products
which are
working
I don't have a UPS but everything had surge protectors. I think
lightning was a little more than what they were designed for.
Nothing stops lightning, but the surge induced by nearby strikes
can possibly be blocked by a (good) surge protector. Close enough,
though, and it either fries
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