{"id":1233,"date":"2024-10-10T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T22:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2024-10-10T21:29:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T23:59:33","slug":"winter-is-coming-and-some-deals-are-too-good-to-pass-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/?p=1233","title":{"rendered":"Winter is Coming (and Some Deals are Too Good to Pass Up)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Eaton 5PX 2200 (top)\nLenovo RT1.5KVA 2U Rack (bottom)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ok… The truth is I was scrolling through Facebook Marketplace and I saw a an Eaton 5PX2200 UPS for sale. It was rackmount and the pictures looked good. But for an impulse purchase the price was a little high. A few weeks went by and the price dropped a bit – getting closer. Then this weekend it dropped to a price that, even if the batteries were shot, was worth it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(I should note that the Lenovo is a rebadged Eaton unit. The network module reports Eaton.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dropped over and not only did the battery seem<\/em> to be fine (there was barely enough charge left to check), it looked good (a little pushed in on the back where the power cord comes in), no scratches, and<\/em> it has the rails (FYI – they only go to 36″ and HP servers need 38″, so too short and I had to use the shelf rails that came with the rack), manuals and CDs. The story the seller told me he took the UPS in trade for some gaming PC parts thinking that using for his gaming PC. Considering any higher end gaming PC draws more<\/strong> than my DL380 Gen9 with dual power supplies that makes sense. Anyway, the Eaton draws 20A which requires the plug below which the seller did not have.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I have a 20A outlet in my home office (future planning \ud83d\ude09 ) so no cord cutting for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After moving the DL380 to the Eaton, with the rest of the gear left on the Lenovo RT1.5KVA, here are the runtime (sorry, I didn’t bother to match the brightness and contrast):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, that is nice – all ready for winter and any shorter power outages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s where we are now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Only thing that is left is my 10GbE switch. And with Winter comes Christmas \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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