RE: Why do we use facilities with EPO's?

[Barry Shein <bzs () world std com>]

On July 26, 2007 at 16:25 repstein () chello at (Randy Epstein) wrote:
> (snip)
>
> > Put another way: Between a 120KVA UPS and a gang of experienced
> > firefighters with charged hoses I'd put my money on the firefighters
> > every time.
> >
> > --
> >         -Barry Shein
>
> You realize the UPS systems we're speaking of are much larger?  Usually 480
> volt, many kVA.

FWIW, do you imagine that's terribly large for urban firefighters in
the big scheme of things, not just computer rooms?

My memory could be wrong but I remember the John Hancock building, 60
stories, pulls about 1.5MW...I remember Boston Edison mentioning this
in discussing a design I was working on of a supercomputer facility,
that we were asking for more power than the hancock building which was
ok but it presented..."challenges". Factories can pull a lot of power
also (that room was never built.)

Anyhow, once you're beyond a pea-shooter I don't think procedures for
firefighting vary a whole lot, other than some outliers.

        -b