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WOW!

Sounds downright COSMIC!

I'd sure be interested in a little more elaboration!

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On Sun, 3/26/17, Greg Nokes <xxxxxx@nokes.name> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] starting your ship
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Sunday, March 26, 2017, 10:53 AM

 I used to work in an
 environment where the power systems were rather important -
 we were "allowed" 5 min of planned downtime a
 year.

 We had batteries in
 each equipment rack with 1 hr run time each. A room based
 battery for the datacenter with 2 hours runtime. A hydrogen
 fuel cell which could run the facility for 2 months. A
 diesel generator with 2 weeks fuel. And connections to two
 separate power grids.

 We
 tested it monthly.

 First
 we would cut utility power, and wait for the generator to
 cut in - that took a few minutes and tested the batteries.
 Then we would shut down the generator and the fuel cell
 would take over.

 It was
 fun to watch the first few times - but then it became pretty
 routine. :)