boomam Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Hi. We just got the delivery of all our new server stuff, so, to save time, i thought i'd wack the new 5500 UPS in to charge. Its making a right racket. Really loud. Seems like the fan on the front is on full wack. And it wont charge to 100% either, seems to hover between 95-97%. Ideas?
boomam Posted June 18, 2008 Author Posted June 18, 2008 About 26 hours. It came 85% charged though. Is the fan spin up something that it just does when its charging? Im trying to work out if its DOA. Ive just knocked it off at wall and switched it off as its driving me up the wall. Gonna plug it back in to charge over night though. It never seems to get past 97% though. Very odd. It gets to 95, then to 97,96,95,96,97.
DMcCoy Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 From the specs page Audible Noise <46db (at 1m from surface of unit) Thats pretty loud
Ric_ Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 It is also worth checking what its internal temp is as the fan speed is usually dependant upon this.
boomam Posted June 19, 2008 Author Posted June 19, 2008 (edited) From the specs page Audible Noise <46db (at 1m from surface of unit) Thats pretty loud Do you have a link to that please? If thats "<" then surely that means 'upto' 46dBa? It is also worth checking what its internal temp is as the fan speed is usually dependant upon this. 21*c according to the config software. Which is about right as the AirCon in here is set to cool the air to 19*c. Edited June 19, 2008 by boomam
DMcCoy Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 HP.com - ProLiant Storage - HP Rack-Mountable R5500 XR UPS - Specifications
DMcCoy Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Well, 46 isn't really very loud, but it's quite a lot more than silence if you are sat next to it I should think my blade centre is in the 70db+ region although I've not measured it and Dell don't specify it anywhere. Interestingly I did just spot that it's "not for use in an office environment". They could have mentioned that before I got it
boomam Posted June 19, 2008 Author Posted June 19, 2008 I thought it would be silent 99% of the time, as our existing UPS's are. .
BaccyNet Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 We have a 5500 and now you mention it, it is pretty loud (at least when compared to two APC Rackmounts) I cant tell you what amount of charge it has, am still yet to connect it to a monitoring server Then again with seven servers, eight switches and a blade chassis, you cant really hear it over the noise!! (blade chassis isnt running full whack yet though)
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