If you plug something into the surge only outlet on the UPS then when the power goes down intermapper or whatever you use will let you know ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Nash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 11:36 AM Subject: [WISPA] Generator --> UPS
> Winds in my area knocked power out early this morning (GEORGE R - heard you > guys had 100mph gusts on the Oregon coast...how'd it go?). > > I power all my WiPOPs with an APC UPS (Smart-UPS 700) and grid power. They > keep the sites up for 2-3 hours depending on equipment load at the site. I > put in a SNMP card (AP9617 - can e-mail upon many different UPS events > without having a SNMP server). I get notified that the site is on battery > power...buys me time to get to the site with a generator. > > My goal is to have a generator that I can plug the UPS into. Here's the > scenario I want: > > 1: Power out. I get notified that UPS is running on batteries. Get geared > up. > 2: Hook up generator to UPS. (here's the important part) BATTERIES CHARGE > ON UPS. > 3: UPS Battery gets fully charged. I get notified 'fully charged'. > 4: Fuel in generator runs out. I get notified that UPS is running on > batteries. > 5: Get fuel to site within 1-2 hours & restart generator. GOTO 3:. > > Site never goes down and I don't have to make unnecessary trips because I > think the generator might be low on fuel. Last year we had power down at a > site down for 2.5 weeks. Problem was that the site was a last priority > because the problem was past any homes with humans in them. Shuttling gas to > a generator twice a day for 3 hours of driving for 2.5 weeks got very very > very old very very very quickly. > > I've got a generator now (Coleman 1850W). Even with the power sensitivity > level set to low on the UPS's, it they won't run on the generator. So I > think I need cleaner power. > > Recommendations? > > (power just came back up to my site...got notified by the UPS...gotta go and > take the equipment off the generator and plug it into the UPS...customers > down for 60 seconds while the Trango backhaul boots). > > Mark Nash > Network Engineer > UnwiredOnline.Net > 350 Holly Street > Junction City, OR 97448 > http://www.uwol.net > 541-998-5555 > 541-998-5599 fax > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
