Brian (nanog-list) wrote:
Does anyone know of a way to get a UPS to trigger a generator to start,
and
to switch over to the generator power automatically or does this type of
thing just not exist?
What Patrick said.
But, on a minor note that probably won't affect your Symmetra but I'm
posting in case anyone else here can shed light on.... we had a power
event this AM. The transfer switch did it's magic and all was good...
Except for two new APC1400's- they failed once the batteries drained. I
triple-checked that they were on the right panel, played with
sensitivity, even tried daisy-chaining one off a good working 2200.
Nothing I did would convince the two 1400s they had power. Once the
house power was restored they came back to life and look normal. I later
learned that two of our colo customers with APC1400s had the same
problemOther models (even a couple non-essential lower-end, dumb APC
450s and 650s) didn't blink at the generator power.
Mike
If you are sure they were on an EP panel, then you may want to verify the
generator frequency/voltage.
We had an old 120KVA UPS that was VERY sensitive to frequency, and would
stay on battery while the generator was running, even if the frequency was
only off 1/2 cycle.
Regards,
Keith