Re: [Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

2006-09-01 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Friday 01 September 2006 16:10, Julian Stacey wrote: > I guess the Halogen lights are a straight resisitive load ? (ie > no complex electronics in the back, although light bulbs somehow > seem to get inductive ) however the fluorescent Do have a wedge of > electronics on a PCB in back, & as you

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

2006-09-01 Thread Charles Lepple
On 9/1/06, Julian Stacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Basheer Noorgat" wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone shed some light on this: > > My PC's are on a separate power circuit. Each PC has its own UPS. > > I have an old Honda generator. When the power goes out, I fire up the > generator. However, the UPS'

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

2006-09-01 Thread Julian Stacey
"Basheer Noorgat" wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone shed some light on this: > > My PC's are on a separate power circuit. Each PC has its own UPS. > > I have an old Honda generator. When the power goes out, I fire up the > generator. However, the UPS's still run on battery. If I connect the > PC directly

RE: [Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

2006-09-01 Thread Doug Parsons
My $0.015 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Basheer Noorgat Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 1:52 AM To: nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org Subject: [Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS Hi, Can anyone shed some light on this: My

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

2006-09-01 Thread Doug Reynolds
Basheer Noorgat wrote: Can anyone shed some light on this: My PC's are on a separate power circuit. Each PC has its own UPS. I have an old Honda generator. When the power goes out, I fire up the generator. However, the UPS's still run on battery. If I connect the PC directly to the socket and

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

2006-09-01 Thread Aleksandr Derevianko
Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Basheer Noorgat wrote: Actually we've been where I work of a similar but different issue. Power goes out. UPS catches load. Generator spins up. UPSes see generator power and accept it, go back into standby. When the transfer switch kicks

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

2006-08-31 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Basheer Noorgat wrote: Actually we've been where I work of a similar but different issue. Power goes out. UPS catches load. Generator spins up. UPSes see generator power and accept it, go back into standby. When the transfer switch kicks BACK (which is done WITHOUT a vo

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

2006-08-31 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Friday 01 September 2006 17:19, Basheer Noorgat wrote: > Recently, the power went out and fired up the generator. > Surprisingly, all UPS worked and accepted the generator power. > > This time the only difference was that we also powered off some > halogen spotlights and some energy saving compa

[Nut-upsuser] Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

2006-08-31 Thread Basheer Noorgat
Hi, Can anyone shed some light on this: My PC's are on a separate power circuit. Each PC has its own UPS. I have an old Honda generator. When the power goes out, I fire up the generator. However, the UPS's still run on battery. If I connect the PC directly to the socket and bypass the UPS, the