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So I have a customer that has a whole house generator powered by natural gas. They want to be able to use their computer during power outages, so I switched the computer over to an outlet that IS powered by the generator. An aside: Apparently "whole house" doesn't mean 100% of the outlets are wired.
The generator technician was there today to test the generator. He flipped the switch ahead of the breaker box, killing power to the house and the generator started up and kicked in about 15 seconds later. Voila - power. But........ the APC Back-UPS 500 was clicking (switching back and forth from AC to battery) about every two seconds.
So, the question: Is the UPS getting old and sensing poor power input quality or is the generator power output not clean enough, resulting in the UPS switching over to battery?
I could get a more expensive on-line double-conversion UPS like this, but I'd better be darn sure it will take care of this issue to spend this money IF a cheaper UPS would fix the problem.
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"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.
The generator technician was there today to test the generator. He flipped the switch ahead of the breaker box, killing power to the house and the generator started up and kicked in about 15 seconds later. Voila - power. But........ the APC Back-UPS 500 was clicking (switching back and forth from AC to battery) about every two seconds.
So, the question: Is the UPS getting old and sensing poor power input quality or is the generator power output not clean enough, resulting in the UPS switching over to battery?
I could get a more expensive on-line double-conversion UPS like this, but I'd better be darn sure it will take care of this issue to spend this money IF a cheaper UPS would fix the problem.
Link
"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.