Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H
2006-May-23 20:45 UTC
[Nut-upsuser] Nut issue or MGE issue?
Hi,
I took the advice of Daniel O'Connor, found out what variables I
had available to me, and put them in the conf. So now it looks like :
[ellipse]
driver = mge-shut
port = /dev/cuaa0
desc = "UPS"
lowbatt = 5
offdelay = 120
let the UPS charge up fully, 24 hours.
I plugged a single lamp into it, with a 60W bulb.
At 3:40p I pulled the power. This is a sample of some readings I
took since then :
Time % Charge Load
3:40 100 2
3:41 98 4
3:42 94 6
3:43 91 6
3:44 88 4
3:45 84 6
==more time passed
4:06 14 8
4:07 10 6
4:08 7 6
4:09 3 6
4:10 0 6
4:11 0 6
4:12 0 6
It seems to have discharged pretty rapidly for only carrying a
60W bulb. The other issue is that at the current time its 4:44, and the
power is STILL ON TO THE LAMP! Why has it been saying for 34 minutes that
there is 0% battery available, but yet powering a load. And why if there is
a bulb, which should be a fairly good constant (Though I have seen the
bulb change intensity ever so little since its been on battery), is the
load number changing?
Please let me know if I might have a defective unit, if there is some
way to "calibrate it" or if I am not doing the testing/monitoring
properly.
(At the same time upslog wasn't any help:
20060523 153139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 153639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 154139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 154639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 155139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 155639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 160139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 160639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 161139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 161639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 162139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 162639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 163139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 163639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 164139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA)
Thanks, Tuc
On Wednesday 24 May 2006 06:15, Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H wrote:> I plugged a single lamp into it, with a 60W bulb. > > At 3:40p I pulled the power. This is a sample of some readings I > took since then : > It seems to have discharged pretty rapidly for only carrying a > 60W bulb. The other issue is that at the current time its 4:44, and the > power is STILL ON TO THE LAMP! Why has it been saying for 34 minutes that > there is 0% battery available, but yet powering a load. And why if there is > a bulb, which should be a fairly good constant (Though I have seen the > bulb change intensity ever so little since its been on battery), is the > load number changing?The measured load is varying.. If it truly is only a 60W globe then I would say the UPS is broken.> Please let me know if I might have a defective unit, if there is > some way to "calibrate it" or if I am not doing the testing/monitoring > properly.You may be able to do a battery test, try.. upscmd -l myups@localhost and see if there is a battery test you can do, I get.. kiruna:~>upscmd -l hid@localhost Instant commands supported on UPS [hid@localhost]: test.battery.start.quick - Unavailable test.battery.start.deep - Unavailable test.battery.stop - Stop the battery test load.off - Turn off the load immediately load.on - Turn on the load immediately (I think the "Unavailable" means the description is unknown, not that the test is unavailable.> (At the same time upslog wasn't any help: > 20060523 153139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NALooks like you may have specifed the UPS to upslog incorrectly or upsd isn't running. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/attachments/20060524/8cb6181f/attachment.pgp