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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.periphs,net.news.sa
Subject: Re: uninteruptable power supply for a VAX
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Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 13:03:54 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  9 13:03:54 1985
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In article <914@pitt.UUCP> hoffman@pitt.UUCP (Bob Hoffman) writes:
>Our computer center has just purchased an Exide 413KVA, 208v, 3 phase UPS.

We've had a UPS for quite some time. We recently put in big huge dual
turbo-charged diesel generator to supplement the UPS. I was there when they
tested it with a resistor bank. Makes quite a good hair blow dryer. I don't
quite know what the need was but the cost was around $150K, I believe. The
thing that really gets me is we have a 1000 gallon tank and it's only good
for 24 hours. 40 gallons an hour? Well, my car eats 2 gallons an hour and
it probably only puts out 10 or 20 horsepower so that does make sense.



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