[geeks] This Litle Green Monster...

[Phil Stracchino]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 09:44:30AM -0500, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 09:37:56AM -0500, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > I've got a similar setup.  My G5 and the Octane can't coexist on the
> > same UPS without tripping it into overload.  I need to buy a second one
> > to dedicate to the Octane....
> 
> My Octane won't trip it's UPS, but it's UPS won't keep it running when
> the power drops for even 5 seconds.  I keep forgetting to remove it from
> the UPS altogether when it is powered down.
> 
> I need a new UPS, but there hasn't been money for it.

Been there, done that.  My SU1000 UPS lasts just barely long enough for
all the machines to shut down cleanly.  But with any luck, I'll soon
have a functional SU3000.

Then we just need to find a circuit in this mouldering spam-can with
enough current to run the thing .....  (well, better still, get the hell
out of here, but that's not under my control.)


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