Originally posted by Old blond hippity hopping Bunnie:
NO, not $40, 000 holy cow and bull too.
What kind of a phone system do you have, one that supplies a city of ten thousand?
First, tell us what brand of PBX you have and how many T-1s and how many phones you have.
You could buy a $400 Honda generator that that would probably be overkill.
You are right. Its not going to be $40,000. I was just giving a wild estimate.
Give us some info, you will get some info.
I hope your right and it’s not going to be $40,000. I was just giving a ballpark estimate.
I was thinking of having the entire floor power going into an automatic transfer switch that will power everything.
1. Phone system ( about 100 employees)
2. 2 Voice T1
3. 2 Data T1
4. CSU ACE
5. T1 Racket put with T1 circuit card from Bellsouth(whatever you call this)
6. 100 computers and monitors
7. All the light in the office, 4 copier machines, 12 faxes, 6 printers, coffee maker, microwave,etc...
8. Main Air condition for the office (very hot in Florida)
9. Dedicated Air condition for the server rooms
10. Two rooms dedicated with computer servers running all types of stuff with RIAD data storage with terabytes on information.
You get the idea. Its for entire office power having it transfer automatically like a hospital would work. Its just not for the phone system but for everything. Air condition alone in Florida is a monster power drain on a system.
I am in the process on contacting engineers to try to figure out how large of a generator I would actually need for my building floor.
I am just wondering if this going to be a waste of money and effort if the Voice and data T1 might would be out in a power outage anyway?
Do you remember hurricane Wilma and the weeks without power being the aftermath? Florida power and light(FPL) is like the worst power company in the country. They are very slow in getting powered restored after a hurricane and I don’t want the business to suffer. I am sure if you talk to anyone in Florida affected by Wilma they can backup what I’m saying. I am talking about weeks without power which is not too good for business you know.
I am just trying to do my homework and now throw away whatever the cost would be to setup a backup generator for a 100 employee office running major computer servers and air-condition if the T1 lines will die anyway.
Lets just assume for the purpose the discussion that I’m able to provide power to my entire floor in the building and all my telephone and T1 support equipment inside my building is powered by a generator and my Central office has a backup generator as well.
However, I don’t have access to the Pole(or whatever you call the box outside by office that the T1 go into). I also don’t have access to any other piece of Telephone equipment that is physically outside by building.
How would I know if my T1 would keep running?
Thanks.