RE: Backup power supplies

["Reeve Fritchman" <reeve@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Get a beefy UPS.  The generator part is not expensive (you have lots of
options: diesel, natural gas, etc.); the automatic transfer switch is
usually the expensive part.  If the power goes out and doesn't come back el
prompto, somebody's got to hit the "start" button on the gen set and
transfer the UPS input from "line" to "generator" (the UPS is always in the
circuit, right before the load).  When the power's back on, you transfer the
UPS input from gen set back to line and let the gen set cool down before
shutting it down.

Are you going to power anything other than the AS/400: telephone, emergency
lighting, key production machinery (CNC), PC's?  You plant engineer will
have some ideas and requirements; you'll need to run your generator weekly
for a couple of hours to make sure everything continues to work.

Hey...at least you don't have to worry about being overrun by losers with
boxcutters!

 -----Original Message-----
From:   midrange-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]
On Behalf Of Ed Chabot
Sent:   Monday, November 26, 2001 3:43 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange. com
Subject:        Backup power supplies

We are considering some kind of backup power solution, like a generator, to
keep our AS/400 up in the event of a power outage in our area.  Does anybody
have any insight, recommendations, experiences, etc?  Any info is
appreciated.  Thanks.

Ed Chabot
The Marlin Firearms Company
100 Kenna Drive
North Haven, CT 06473
(203)985-3254

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