[geeks] power supply question...

[Robert F. Schaefer]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Howard" <scott at doc.net.au>
To: "The Geeks List" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] power supply question...


> But when it comes to provisioning both of the circuits (they are on
> different circuits, aren't they?) keep in mind that if you loose one
> circuit the other will jump to full. I saw one recently where a customer
> lost one of the two power boards to the rack. All the redundant supplies
> then started drawing full current from the other side (rather than the
> normal half) and it overloaded and tripped that one too! ie, you need
> to provision based on both power supplies drawing 450 watts.

AIEEEEE!  Somebody should smack that electrician around a little.  At least
I don't have to worry about that particular problem-- my Netfinity has three
supplies but only one power cord.  :/

>
>   Scott

Bob