[HH] Figured I would post this question here...

[Mark Komarinski]

I’ve been advised in the past that you shouldn’t go over 80% on a breaker or they may trip.

> On Oct 30, 2015, at 9:25 AM, Kurt L Keville <kkeville at mit.edu> wrote:
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> Seems like the logical place for it… and so far Tom and Bill on this list have the best suggestions… if this isn’t hardware hacking I don’t know what is…
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> Here’s my problem… it might have an electronic fix but it more likely is an EE101 and NEC code thing…
>  
> I have 2 (20A) Geist PDUs…   http://geistapp.geistglobal.com/specs/1136 <http://geistapp.geistglobal.com/specs/1136>
> I have 3 (12A) servers…  http://www.supermicro.com/aplus/system/2u/2042/as-2042g-6rf.cfm <http://www.supermicro.com/aplus/system/2u/2042/as-2042g-6rf.cfm>
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> In the aggregate I am fine on current (36A < 40A) but my grains are a little course here… is there a way to load balance the 20A services? There are some rather esoteric tie-bar  and breaker ganging ideas out there but I would have to convince an electrician I would deploy this box only under certain conditions (like the upstream wiring being specced for 40A)…
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> We spent a lot of time upgrading the servers; I suppose I could downgrade them to the point that I could put 2 on one circuit… this is an odd problem and stems from the SCC we are entering next month… kind of a dumb rule seeing as we are supposed to be solving real-world problems…
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