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Re: Fire Code/UFC Regs?
From: Josh Vince <josh.vince () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:08:04 -0500
Here's what APC has to say about it: http://nam-en.apc.com/cgi-bin/nam_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=jTAq9iAh&p_lva=&p_faqid=1372&p_created=1010390400&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTM4NyZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PXN1cmdlIGludG8gVVBTJnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9MyZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX3BhZ2U9Mg**&p_li= Sorry about the wrap... Basically, they say not to plug surge strips into the output of a UPS. You should use PDU's instead. Josh On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:46:50 -0700, Michael Loftis <mloftis () wgops com> wrote:
OK this is only probably marginally operational. Yesterday we were inspected (quite thoroughly I might add.....) by the city fire inspector for Missoula, MT....Now we did have a couple of things I know need fixing, an emergency light with a dead battery upstairs, I'm using a long orange extension cord w/o a breaker on it for my monitor at my desk. And one incidence where we had some piggy-backing going on. Now what I'm asking is this: we were told that you can NOT plug in breaker protected six outlet strips into battery backup units such as APCs, and we were (or are) being written up for that. My understanding is that most/all (atleast APC units) are properly de-rated (per UFC) and you *can* plug in additional breaker protected extension cords into these units. The problem is if this is not the case we'll be having to put a LOT more BBUs out into our office for workstations than what we planned. I've also never seen this cited as a problem but I could just be ignorant too. Please reply off-list. Sorry if anyone feels like this is a waste of time, but if there is interest I will summarize on list. If this really is true then I can see a lot of places breaking this fire code even here locally. I'm not sure what part of the code it is but he's stated that if I can get him some form of documentation from teh manufacturer or something then he can make a deviation. With a 2200VA unit only having 4-6 outlets on it I can't see *not* using additional power strip off the back of it. Thanks guys, back to the regular NANOG channel... -- GPG/PGP --> 0xE736BD7E 5144 6A2D 977A 6651 DFBE 1462 E351 88B9 E736 BD7E
Current thread:
- Fire Code/UFC Regs? Michael Loftis (Mar 11)
- Re: Fire Code/UFC Regs? David Lesher (Mar 11)
- Re: Fire Code/UFC Regs? Josh Vince (Mar 13)
- Re: Fire Code/UFC Regs? Joe Maimon (Mar 13)
- Re: Fire Code/UFC Regs? Mark Radabaugh (Mar 13)
- Re: Fire Code/UFC Regs? Dan Hollis (Mar 14)
- Re: Fire Code/UFC Regs? Douglas Otis (Mar 15)
- Re: Fire Code/UFC Regs? Joe Maimon (Mar 13)
- nanog David Lesher (Mar 13)
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- Re: nanog Jay R. Ashworth (Mar 13)
- Re: nanog Michael Loftis (Mar 13)
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- Re: nanog Jay R. Ashworth (Mar 14)
- Re: nanog [really inspectors & MOV's] David Lesher (Mar 13)