Posts made by mdecamp

@RojoLoco How about you keep the Devil Duck USB and I'll just send you a real Devil Duck to keep him company? You can ping me with your mailing address ([email protected])

@tonyshowoff If you want a Devil Duck, all you have to do is ask. We don't have many mites, hippos or frogs at this point.

@scottalanmiller There's been a void in my life ever since the Far Side ended.

@tonyshowoff It is possible to buy them... If you vote and don't win, just let us know and we'll share the info. We do give away some of the existing toys at trade shows, in response to direct messages, etc. Sometimes particular toys are discontinued or become too expensive for us to use.

@RojoLoco said:

@mdecamp if everyone is going to draw connections to politicians, I retract my vote and I retract any involvement with helping you select a mascot, as I truly despise all politicians and politics in general. I'm a man of principle, and I won't be caught dead choosing which pseudo-politico mascot I prefer.

(this post made in jest, but I'm absolutely serious in my hatred for all things political)

Yeah, not our intent to draw connections to specific candidates. We'd like to think that Hippo, Zen Frog and Molly Mite are a cut well above the average politician. Each one does love their IT pros, too.

Molly Mite is definitely a female. We weren't really equating them to current US presidential candidates when we selected them. I can see the Trump-Hippo connection but not sure about the Hillary-Zen Frog. In any event, it's in the hands of out IT electorate now!

We've launched our latest contest and you get to pick the winner! In Desk Toy Decision 2016 we're pitting three new desk toys against each other to win the election to join Devil Duck and the other Eaton toys in our campaign.

Visit http://www.switchon.eaton.com/desk-toy-decision to view each candidate's platform video, ask 'em tough questions, and take our candidate matchmaker quiz. Then cast your vote for Molly Mite, Hippo or Zen Frog. If the candidate you vote for wins you can win it. You can vote every day until polls close on April 30.

@Dashrender said:

@mdecamp said:

@Dashrender said:

@mdecamp said:

All this talk of power outages and generators makes me all warm and fuzzy. We do track power outages daily via our Blackout Tracker: www.eaton.com/blackouttracker. You can fill out a form to submit an outage report. Mention, mango and your t-shirt size and we'll send one out to you.

Should I add my one from two days ago? lol

Sure, especially if you don't see an entry for the one you experienced.

I can't find anyone who picked up the story... It must have been highly localized, but we were still down for nearly 3 hours.

Yeah, most of the localized ones don’t get reported. We do get a lot of unusual ones though: http://powerquality.eaton.com/thoughtleadership/Slides/Blackouts-Unusual-outages-2014/default.asp

@Dashrender said:

@mdecamp said:

All this talk of power outages and generators makes me all warm and fuzzy. We do track power outages daily via our Blackout Tracker: www.eaton.com/blackouttracker. You can fill out a form to submit an outage report. Mention, mango and your t-shirt size and we'll send one out to you.

Should I add my one from two days ago? lol
Sure, especially if you don't see an entry for the one you experienced.

All this talk of power outages and generators makes me all warm and fuzzy. We do track power outages daily via our Blackout Tracker: www.eaton.com/blackouttracker. You can fill out a form to submit an outage report. Mention, mango and your t-shirt size and we'll send one out to you.

Here's our tree. I've added some Game of Thrones flavor.1_1449622958172_image.jpeg

@nadnerB said:

Well, I'd say that it was successful.

Yes, we enjoyed it!!

@Jason said:

Do you offer and trade in discounts for large UPSs to switch to Eaton? We currently have Liebert 3 Phase UPS systems.

We don't have a formal program--too many variables to factor in for the larger systems. We can certainly connect you with someone local to discuss and/or provide a quote.

@dafyre

@dafyre said:

Are any of your PDUs capable of being remotely managed? So we can power stuff on / off remotely?

Yes. Here's a closer look at our third generation of rack PDUs: http://powerquality.eaton.com/Products-services/Power-Distribution/ePDU/interact/,

@coliver said:

@mdecamp said:

@gjacobse said:

Using a UPS is a short term option. In some cases services need to be maintained longer -

Are there best practices for deploying a UPS with a generator?

When designing with a backup solution, compatibility between a UPS and Generator is usually one of the biggest issues. It can be complex and confusing.

If the generator isn't sized large enough, it may not be able to hold voltage and frequency within input tolerances when the UPS comes online. The UPS will view the generator as an unstable power source and never come off of battery. The UPS will have a set input voltage and frequency window; if you go outside the window the UPS will go on battery. You can get into a vicious cycle of going on and off of battery until your UPS crashes and your IT load are dropped.

Several reasons why the generator would be an issue:
• The generator is like a car engine. As it maintains RPMs, it maintains frequency. When the UPS transfers from battery to generator power, the engine may slow down a bit. You can compare this to driving a stick shift while stopped at a red light headed uphill. When you dump the clutch, if you aren't giving it enough gas (or if you are driving a pinto) the RPMs are going to drop down.
• Just like in the automotive world, the bigger the engine (generator here) the more it can handle the dumping of the clutch as the UPS comes off of battery. Bigger (aside from your budget number) is better
• Natural Gas is usually the least combustible fuel out there, and generators that run off of NG are slow to respond and may need to be sized larger than propane counterparts. Diesel is best, but usually predominant in the world of 50kW and larger, but it may present a lot more budget and maintenance issues if you don't have a maintenance program or run them weekly, etc.
• When looking at smaller generators (30kW and below) look at the governor. Electronic governors are quick to respond, mechanical governors are not and may add headaches.
The features of the UPS can also impact you configuration. Most single phase UPS products (20kVA and below) will come back online all at once. Larger three phase UPS products will have "current walk-in" and will slowly transition from battery anywhere from 5-60 seconds. As for sizing solutions with generators under 30kVA for single phase UPS applications, I usually lean on the err of caution being a manufacturer. We recommend the same if you are responsible as the decision maker.
• Generator should be sized 2 times the total load (UPS, A/C, an everything else) for NG and mechanical governor
• 1.5 times the load will work if you have a new generator, Propane or Diesel and an electronic governor.
• Any mix from the above puts you somewhere in the middle of 1.5 to 2 times.

This was an amazing explanation and answered a few of my questions. Thank you.

Full disclosure is that I stole this post from @windso

@dafyre said:

Maybe I missed this in the post by @mdecamp -- But do you guys recommend any Generator companies over another? Or do you build generators yourselves?

We do have our own line of generators (primarily residential): http://generatorcalculator.eaton.com/ We don't really recommend a generator company for business applications.

@JaredBusch said:

Eaton is a huge company now with a lot more products than UPS devices.

But as most of that is power related, the SMB IT managers have no real use for it.

What other products does Eaton have that would be good for the SMB IT people to know about.

Rack PDUs, rack/enclosures/cages, airflow management, power management software, environmental monitoring, maintenance services, remote monitoring, surge protection, power factor correction, etc.

@BRRABill said:

Someone said most of the Eaton people on the forum are from NC.

Are you all Panthers fans, and if so, what do you think of this season so far?

Go Chiefs!!

@scottalanmiller said:

@DustinB3403 said:

Is EATON going to be at next years MangoCon? Curious to see what you might bring and be able to demo.

That's a great idea! Inquiring minds want to know.

We'll need the pricing and info so we can make that determination.

@nadnerB said:

What is your representation like in the Australia/New Zealand region?

• Do you have an office or just minions that sell stuff (Channel partners?)

We have a full network of channel partners in ANZ and our main office is in Sydney (complete with product management, sales, tech support, etc.). We work with them on a regular basis. http://powerquality.eaton.com/australia/Default.asp?CX=22 Our website is global though you may need to choose your country first.

@molly said:

@nadnerB our founder...Joseph Eaton

Back in 1911!