Re: (PM) Power filtering / UPS / Generators
Chris Adams (cadams@ro.com)
9 Feb 1998 15:36:01 GMT
According to Jeff Northon <jeffo@seashell.sasquatch.com>:
>The APC goes offline for 4 seconds, and beeps, and then back online for 7
>or 8 seconds and then goes offline for 4 seconds again. The generator
>does not load down at all, our load is about 750-770 watts and the
>generator is 3500 watts so it might be dirty AC or ? The UPS will run
>like this for an extended time before discharge, but I think it isn't
>doing the equiptment any good. I have seen line conditioners that will
>take any dirty power and clean it up to true sine wave, and within 1%
>of 125 volts. might be something to put between the generator and
>the ups?
Have you tried flipping the "de-sensitize" dip switch on the APC? We
have 4 APC SmartUPS, and when we go to generator power we have to have
those flipped or they will act like you describe above. We have run for
7 hours on generator with them flipped and saw no problems.
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Chris Adams - cadams@ro.com
System Administrator - Renaissance Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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