Re: tlug: US UPSes in Japan

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Jim Tittsler wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 01:18:25PM +0900, Scott Stone wrote:
> > 
> > OK, we've had our power upgraded here at PHT, and the TLUG server is now
> > back on-line.  AND, I can use my American UPSes now - grounded outlets!
> > yes!
> 
> For what its worth, at least one TPC member had trouble using a couple of
> American UPSes here.  APC told him that it was due to their rapidly
> switching on/off during brownouts of the already lower than US normal line
> voltage.  (And said they wouldn't support a US model being used here.)

I think it's because there's no proper grounding of outlets here.  My
SmartUPS 600 would NOT work on the standard outlets - that's why they came
out and gave us nice grounded outlets.  The 600 is happily powering three
systems now.  The 280 is.. well, dead.  I think it was dead before it even
got to Japan, though.  

Although, maybe the 600 has some kind of internal voltage transformer that
the 280 doesn't?  I tried the dipswitches on the 280 to change the line
voltage settings, but to no avail.

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