Re: UPS, generators and such

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Liebert Nfinity installed in 2004.  It's had batteries replaced, etc
> and served us well during the 2-hour power outage yesterday


On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 4:06 PM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How old is your UPS?  Even though it's probably under maintenance we find
> out that you should really replace all the batteries every 3 years or so.
> Doing them as they fail may be under maintenance may be a solution but is
> highly disruptive versus changing them all at once.  Just had one battery
> fail.  Sign they are getting long in the tooth.  However we're abandoning
> this building in a few months.  I get the kickback on taking the used
> batteries to recycling.
>
> Rob Berendt
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> All,
>
> Our IBM i is in the cloud, so the UPS we have is now way oversized.
> Liebert Nfinity installed in 2004.  It's had batteries replaced, etc and
> served us well during the 2-hour power outage yesterday.  But seriously, we
> don't need 180 minutes run time.  :)  I have a quote for a replacement.
>
> I got to thinking about something yesterday.  Even without power, if we had
> a way for our laser printer(s) to work, we could have continued on our
> merry way, though somewhat in the dark.
>
> Laser printers should not/cannot be placed on a UPS due to power draw.
> What about a portable generator?  With the assurance that we have clean
> power coming out of it.  We wouldn't need EVERY laser printer running, just
> one of them.
>
> Anybody ever do this?
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Jeff Crosby
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> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
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