(OT) Mailing list server problems

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list wrote:
>Bill, 
>
>Again thanks for your efforts.

>As an aside, one of my clients "built" his own version of a battery backup
>system.  That doesn't quite describe what he has.  He is an electrical
>engineer by avocation.  This "battery backup system" consist of 100 UPS
>level batteries connected to the AC power coming in.  All of the
>electronics in the warehouse are powered through the configuration.  It is
>capable of powering everything connected for at least 4 days.  That would
>be a good thing except that the warehouse would have no lighting and their
>power lift shipping doors wouldn't work.  The other problem, as you
>mentioned when it snows, is that roads are impassable.  Or, in their case,
>once plowed, then impassable as the county does a very bad job of plowing
>anything other than the main highways.

I have 1,500 UPS boxes in each rack, and a 3KW Honda generator
that will deal with all the computer nicely -- if I'm around when
the power goes off so I can fire up the generator and plug them
into it.  I would like to have something like a 12KW generator
wired in to automatically come on during power failures, but
haven't been willing to spend the 12-15K that requires.

...
>This system was tested during and after Sandy.  They were down for about 3
>days although the water never go deeper then 1/2 on the floor of the
>warehouse.  Everything in the place is off the floor.

We have had power failures here lasting more than a week.  So far
the weather has never been bad enough for an extended period of
time that I haven't been able to keep enough gas around for the
generator.  BTW, I have a commercial fueling account allowing me
to use APP, CFN and, Pacific Pride CardLock stations so I can get
gas 24/7 without having to go to Costco or other regular stations.

Bill
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