[Beowulf] Re: Emergency Power Off

[Jim Lux]

>
>
>I've been looking for an off the shelf EPO solution, but so far the only
>things I've found are for huge data centers.  Anybody know of a product
>in my size range, to control roughly 10 EPO shut offs?  There's a point
>where adding more switch blocks becomes a bit awkward.

Relays are your friend.
EPO switch has Normally Closed contacts (i.e. they open when you hit 
the switch)
Power flows through contacts to small relay with NO and NC contacts
(you can use DC or AC supplies)
relay contacts go to UPSes
Multiple relays can be paralleled.

It's "fail safe" because if the AC power to the relay system fails, 
the relays drop out, and turn off the UPSes.




>Regards,
>
>David Mathog
>mathog at caltech.edu
>Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech

James Lux, P.E.
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