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Re: Eaton 9130 UPS feedback


From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi () mail r-bonomi com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:52:19 -0600 (CST)


From: Blake Dunlap <ikiris () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:20:35 -0600
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Mike A <mikea () mikea ath cx> wrote:

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:59:18AM -0800, Seth Mattinen wrote:
Does anyone use Eaton 9130 series UPS for anything? I'm curious how
they've worked out for you.

I bought a 700VA model to give it a whirl versus the traditional APC
since the Eaton is an online type with static bypass and also does some
high efficiency thing where it normally stays on bypass, but the first
thing it did on the bench was have the inverter/rectifier or bypass
section catch on fire and destroy itself.

Was this the 2U rackmount form factor, or the tower?

Either way, I hope that you will pursue this with APC tech support. That's
a pricey piece of gear, and it shouldn't toast itself at any time.


As a side note, how do you call a UPS "online" if it stays on bypass most
of the time, and throws out of "bypass" to go to battery?

Reading the specs, it _is_ 'true online' normally, has a bypass mode if 
internal failure detected, or manually commanded.  UPS totally disabled
in bypass -- if utility power fails while on bypass, downstream devices
lose power.   In bypass, device provides 'passive' filtering of utility
power ONLY.





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