Nut upsuser - Feb 2009 - Recommended UPS brand (OffTopic sort of)

Hello,

I am looking for a compatible brand for nut. I currently have both APC and
MGE units in house. I liked the MGE units and had switched to them after
several bad experiences with the APC line. We ordered 13 APC Rack mount
units and the quality was horable. One blew up, two did not have the mount
holes threaded and several had considerable rust on them. With this I swore
off APC and found MGE. Then what happens? MGE purchases APC. Now I find that
most of the MGE models that I use are no longer available and so I am in the
market for a new brand of UPS.

I am looking for a 2200 VA rack mount in a 2U package. 120V in 120V out
single phase. What I would like is a product that is compatible with NUT and
supports serial communication. I know that some brand support more commands
than others.

I am not out to start a flame war on brands just get a list of one that
users have had good experiences with.

Really hate that MGE drop those models as I really like the quality and
design.

Oh well.

Thanks,

Doug
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2009/2/13 Douglas Parsons <doug at parsonsemail.com>
> Hello,
>
Hi Doug,

> I am looking for a compatible brand for nut. I currently have both APC and
> MGE units in house. I liked the MGE units and had switched to them after
> several bad experiences with the APC line. We ordered 13 APC Rack mount
> units and the quality was horable. One blew up, two did not have the mount
> holes threaded and several had considerable rust on them. With this I swore
> off APC and found MGE. Then what happens? MGE purchases APC. Now I find
that
> most of the MGE models that I use are no longer available and so I am in
the
> market for a new brand of UPS.
>
> I am looking for a 2200 VA rack mount in a 2U package. 120V in 120V out
> single phase. What I would like is a product that is compatible with NUT
and
> supports serial communication. I know that some brand support more commands
> than others.
>
> I am not out to start a flame war on brands just get a list of one that
> users have had good experiences with.
>
> Really hate that MGE drop those models as I really like the quality and
> design.
>
not that easy!

This part of MGE has not been droped, but sold to Eaton.
All the good things, including the NUT and more generally FLOSS support has
so gone to Eaton.
Check my sig for the new link, and rejoice: what you like is still alive,
and more than even ;-)

cheers,
Arnaud
-- 
Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://www.eaton.com/mgeops
Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/
Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/
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Arnaud,

Cool. Found the unit. Looks like they renamed it as I had a Pulsar EX 2200
and it is now the Pulsar M 2200.  The EX line only goes to 1500 now. Sent
the link to the reseller.

Thanks,
Doug

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at
gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
> 2009/2/13 Douglas Parsons <doug at parsonsemail.com>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>
> Hi Doug,
>
>
>> I am looking for a compatible brand for nut. I currently have both APC
and
>> MGE units in house. I liked the MGE units and had switched to them
after
>> several bad experiences with the APC line. We ordered 13 APC Rack mount
>> units and the quality was horable. One blew up, two did not have the
mount
>> holes threaded and several had considerable rust on them. With this I
swore
>> off APC and found MGE. Then what happens? MGE purchases APC. Now I find
that
>> most of the MGE models that I use are no longer available and so I am
in the
>> market for a new brand of UPS.
>>
>> I am looking for a 2200 VA rack mount in a 2U package. 120V in 120V out
>> single phase. What I would like is a product that is compatible with
NUT and
>> supports serial communication. I know that some brand support more
commands
>> than others.
>>
>> I am not out to start a flame war on brands just get a list of one that
>> users have had good experiences with.
>>
>> Really hate that MGE drop those models as I really like the quality and
>> design.
>>
>
> not that easy!
>
> This part of MGE has not been droped, but sold to Eaton.
> All the good things, including the NUT and more generally FLOSS support has
> so gone to Eaton.
> Check my sig for the new link, and rejoice: what you like is still alive,
> and more than even ;-)
>
> cheers,
> Arnaud
> --
> Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://www.eaton.com/mgeops
> Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
> Debian Developer -
http://people.debian.org/~aquette/<http://people.debian.org/%7Eaquette/>
> Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/
>
>
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2009/2/13 Douglas Parsons <doug at parsonsemail.com>
> Arnaud,
>
> Cool. Found the unit. Looks like they renamed it as I had a Pulsar EX 2200
> and it is now the Pulsar M 2200.  The EX line only goes to 1500 now. Sent
> the link to the reseller.
>
not that easy again ;-)
the various ranges are under renaming between MGE and Powerware, to have
something uniform and coherent for Eaton. For example, the
previous"Pulsar"
/ "Pulsar M" are starting to be found as "EX".
It then depends on the Marketing and the region.
So you will find the one you want as either "Pulsar M 2200" or
"EX 2200"

cheers,
Arnaud
-- 
Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://www.eaton.com/mgeops
Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/
Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/
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Arnaud,

The supplier came back with this description and part number.

Eaton Corporation MGE OPS PULSAR 2200VA TWR 5-20 6X5-20 1XL5-20 2U 86722

So this should be the one. I hope.

Doug

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at
gmail.com>wrote:
>
> 2009/2/13 Douglas Parsons <doug at parsonsemail.com>
>
>> Arnaud,
>>
>> Cool. Found the unit. Looks like they renamed it as I had a Pulsar EX
2200
>> and it is now the Pulsar M 2200.  The EX line only goes to 1500 now.
Sent
>> the link to the reseller.
>>
>
> not that easy again ;-)
> the various ranges are under renaming between MGE and Powerware, to have
> something uniform and coherent for Eaton. For example, the
previous"Pulsar"
> / "Pulsar M" are starting to be found as "EX".
> It then depends on the Marketing and the region.
> So you will find the one you want as either "Pulsar M 2200" or
"EX 2200"
>
> cheers,
> Arnaud
> --
> Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://www.eaton.com/mgeops
> Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
> Debian Developer -
http://people.debian.org/~aquette/<http://people.debian.org/%7Eaquette/>
> Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/
>
>
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