[olug] Tesla PowerWall for server room battery backup

[Reiners Cloud Consulting LLC]

BTW just confirmed phones were pretty much down across the country for a
while on /r/sysadmin.

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 3:22 PM Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
wrote:

> Ours were stuck on the slow boat for a few months as well, it was horrible.
>
> Let me see where I ordered from, our recycler is ASS in CB American
> Salvage and Surplus or whatever, I'll let you know where we get the
> batteries when I get a callback.
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 2:54 PM Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, please send the UPS contact.  We have been in need of batteries for a
>> while, but somehow are on the slowboat.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 2:47 PM Reiners Cloud Consulting LLC <
>> justin at reiners.io> wrote:
>>
>> > Not saying a *new* liebert :) We can't buy new anything. If we could pay
>> > for used cloud we would :)
>> >
>> > We spent about $4000 for batteries direct from manufacturer, and Liebert
>> > has no problem working on it, they actually had to come in and config
>> the
>> > software for us when we swapped batteries, they guy that installed
>> > batteries 10 years ago forgot to set the pack voltage correctly. I've
>> got a
>> > contact in CB that might be able to find a huge UPS used if you are
>> > interested.
>> >
>> > Cox phones are down? Yikes, Flowroute is working great :) We're getting
>> > ready to leave Cox Fiber, they are awfully proud of it pricewise.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 2:40 PM Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >>  We have a big empty roof that just might have solar cells someday.
>> >>
>> >> There are definitely known problems and the unknown with Tesla.  For
>> one,
>> >> I am not liking any dependency on the cloud.  From what i understand,
>> if
>> >> the internet drops, there is a local embedded webpage that one could
>> >> manually use to give details on remaining power.  Does not appear the
>> app
>> >> would automatically start using WiFi to get to that local webpage,
>> >> however.   I doubt even a buzzer alarm goes off when utility power
>> dies.
>> >>
>> >> Tesla batteries have a built-in ten year warranty.  Liebert would
>> charge
>> >> about six thousand for about half that time.
>> >>
>> >> Since I am not currently a Tesla owner, the Tesla forums
>> >> <https://forums.tesla.com/> only allow me to post replies to existing
>> >> questions, not initiate a new one.
>> >>
>> >> p.s. COX Telephone is down city wide+.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 1:57 PM Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Don't get me wrong, I love love love Tesla, EV's, and Lithium, I'd
>> just
>> >> > hate to have you still need a UPS to safely shut down systems when
>> the
>> >> > power went out, or reinvent the wheel.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 1:54 PM Justin Reiners <
>> justin at hotlinesinc.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Lack of shutdown notifications and the price would be a factor in me
>> >> >> looking for another device, We're using a 10KVA and 15KVA older
>> >> Lieberts
>> >> >> for our building. I really like them, we got them used from a
>> recycler
>> >> a
>> >> >> few years ago, and just replaced the batteries recently in the 10KVA
>> >> after
>> >> >> 10 years, it still had half hour backup power.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 1:17 PM Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> Has anyone researched using Tesla PowerWalls in place of lead acid
>> >> >>> battery
>> >> >>> backup for server room computers?   A single powerwall could
>> provide
>> >> 5kW
>> >> >>> continuous power.   Price and performance seem comparable to lead
>> >> acid.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Tesla.com/powerwall
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Tesla.com/powerpack is the more industrial grade system, but
>> starts at
>> >> >>> 50kVA which is much more than we need.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Unfortunately, there are no installers in Omaha.
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