"They all suck!" Re: UPS failure modes

Fri May 30 19:16:22 UTC 2003

bmanning at karoshi.com wrote:
> 
> 
> 	for most sites I've seen, the 19" rack is too small
> 	for the monster array.  they tend to use 23" racks
> 	and place the batts at the bottom - generally 3-6 hour
> 	runtime.
> 

Yeah. A lot of the remote hardened equipment runs off small battery 
arrays as well. During major power outages, look for the poor sucker 
stuck with driving the circuit to keep them all charged.

-Jack