[Cialug] Slightly OT, .. UPSs

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:24 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> Had a problem this AM that I'm not sure how to solve. We have a Tripplite
> 3K UPS at a site, and it just SHUT ITSELF OFF for the third time in the
> past calendar year. The issue could be related to the external battery
> pack (getting old), so I disconnected them.
>
> Question - has anyone seen a UPS that will FAIL LIVE (i.e. if the UPS
> chokes, it reverts to line power instead of just dying)? Close as I can
> some on a search is the SU5000RT4U, but I'm not sure even that would solve
> the problem as it is an online UPS (i.e. power output is always from the
> UPS for conditioning).

How old is the UPS itself? They don't last forever, especially if they
have to work hard compensating for bad power - not just blackouts, but
brownouts, spikes, EM interference, etc.

It'd probably be worth getting a service technician out to check on it.

-- 
Jeff Ollie