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Re: UPS for node 0


  • Subject: Re: UPS for node 0
  • From: "Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 21:15:01 -0000

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Dean Barrett" <dean@r...> wrote:
> Did this for a guy the other day.
>
> We wired his study in a 4mm radial rather than ring.
>
> Went via a pair of 45a Flex outlets side by side in a deep bar box.
Linked
> together internally.
>
> When he is ready to install UPS, removes links - put input into one
flex
> outlet and output on other...
>
> Other alternative is to have a small sub board fed from your mains
with a
> dedicated MCB again cutting the sub boards feed with UPS.
>

I'm not sure I'd do it this way - if you lose your UPS for any
reason, the whole of Node 0 goes down. Bear in mind that if your
outlets are not individually fused, a fault that develops in any of
the protected equipment (such as a switch mode power supply failing
dramatically) will take out the whole of the protected side of your
supply instantaneously, completely defeating the objective of having
a UPS. A common approach in many comms rooms to mitigate this
eventuality is to have one UPS per rack, and feed one piece of
equipment per fused outlet on the UPS.

Patrick



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